utrzymywać — 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.
• sustain verb To keep something going or in existence over time.

Senses

utrzymywać is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• keep up (transitive) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
• maintain To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14th c.]
• maintain To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15th c.]
• sustain (transitive) To provide for or nourish.

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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