Hold back Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Hold back crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on October 3 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Hold back has a total of 4 letters.

Verified Answer
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Definition

• Alt. of Steem
• Alt. of Steem
• The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
• A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
• The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
• A branch of a family.
• A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
• Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
• Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
• That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
• The entire central axis of a feather.
• The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
• The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
• The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
• To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
• To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
• To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
• To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

Check the table below for more likely or similar clues and answers related to Hold back crossword clue.

Rank Answer Clue Publisher
99% STEM Hold back Wall Street Journal
20% LETFLY Didn’t hold back Wall Street Journal
20% GOESBIG Doesn’t hold back Wall Street Journal


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The answer to Hold back crossword clue is STEM

There are a total of 4 letters in Hold back crossword clue

The Hold back crossword clue was last seen on October 3 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle


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