mantenere — meaning in English

English meaning

• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
• maintain verb To keep something in its current, good condition over time.
• nourish verb To feed something so it grows and stays healthy.
• retain verb To keep possession of something instead of losing or giving it up.

Senses

mantenere is used for these senses in English:

• abide by (transitive) To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan).
• hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
• hold To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
• hold to To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.).
• hold up (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
• keep it up (idiomatic) To maintain or continue a positive streak.
• keep on (transitive, idiomatic) To persist or continue.
• keep up (transitive) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.

hold — full definition

1. verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
2. verb To keep something in a particular state, position, or place, such as reserving it or making someone wait.
3. verb To remain true, valid, or in effect.
4. noun A grip or grasp on something.
5. noun The cargo storage area below a ship's deck.

maintain — full definition

1. verb To keep something in its current, good condition over time.
2. verb To insist that something is true.

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