Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold backhold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of“Arrest the downward trend”,
“Check the growth of communism in South East Asia”,
“Contain the rebel movement”,
“Turn back the tide of communism” (v)wait, hold off, hold backwait before acting“the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment” (v)retain, hold, keep back, hold backsecure and keep for possible future use or application“The landlord retained the security deposit”,
“I reserve the right to disagree” (v)restrain, keep, keep back, hold backprevent the action or expression of“hold back your anger”,
“keep your cool”,
“she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays”