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Webster 1913 Edition


Holt

Holt

,
3d p
ers.
s
ing.
p
res.
of
Hold
, contr. from holdeth.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Holt

,
Noun.
[AS.
holt
; akin to LG.
holt
, D.
hout
, G.
holz
. Icel.
holt
; cf Gael. & Ir.
coill
wood, Gr. [GREEK] branch, shoot.]
1.
A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.
“Every holt and heath.”
Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt
Before her, and the park.
Tennyson.
2.
A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.
“ The fox has gone to holt.”
C. Kingsley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Holt

HOLT

,
Noun.
[L. celo.] A wood or woodland; obsolete, except in poetry.

Definition 2024


Holt

Holt

See also: holt

English

Proper noun

Holt

  1. An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.
  2. A market town in Norfolk, England.

Anagrams


Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. More at holt.

Noun

Holt n

  1. wood

Derived terms

holt

holt

See also: Holt

English

Alternative forms

Noun

holt (plural holts)

  1. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
  2. The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.

References

  • holt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • holt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔlt

Verb

holt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of hollen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of hollen

German

Verb

holt

  1. Third-person singular present of holen.
  2. Second-person plural present of holen.
  3. Imperative plural of holen.

Hungarian

Etymology

Old past participle of the verb hal (to die).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈholt]

Adjective

holt (comparative holtabb, superlative legholtabb)

  1. dead
    Holt lelkekDead Souls (a novel by Nikolai Gogol)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative holt holtak
accusative holtat holtakat
dative holtnak holtaknak
instrumental holttal holtakkal
causal-final holtért holtakért
translative holttá holtakká
terminative holtig holtakig
essive-formal holtként holtakként
essive-modal
inessive holtban holtakban
superessive holton holtakon
adessive holtnál holtaknál
illative holtba holtakba
sublative holtra holtakra
allative holthoz holtakhoz
elative holtból holtakból
delative holtról holtakról
ablative holttól holtaktól

Derived terms

  • holtan

(Compound words):


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔl̥t/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl̥t
    Homophones: hollt

Noun

holt n (genitive singular holts, nominative plural holt)

  1. hillock
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
      þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
      eða líka einhver var að hóa
      undarlega digrum karlaróm;
      útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
      eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
      Hush, hush, hush, hush,
      a vixen dashed in the hillock,
      wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
      Or - is it someone calling,
      strangely, with a harsh voice?
      Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
      are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.
  2. (antiquated) wood

Declension

Derived terms


Middle English

Noun

holt

  1. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
    Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes... -- Chaucer, Gen. Prologue, Canterbury Tales, ll. 5-6

Old Dutch

Noun

holt n

  1. wood (the material)
  2. tree
  3. a wood, a forest

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hultą.

Noun

holt n

  1. wood