āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
hold in
/hËÉĘld ËÉĒn/
to hold in
[phrase form: hold]
01
āĻĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to suppress the expression of one's feelings
Transitive: to hold in one's feelings
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He struggled to hold in his anger when faced with unfair criticism.
āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ§āĻ°āĻž
to fit closely to the body
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The Spanx undergarment is popular for its ability to hold in and smooth out the abdomen.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
