1. (v.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth.
2. (n.) A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.
3. (n.) A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.
Thesaurus Entries
batch, bocage, boscage, bosk, bosket, brake, bunch, canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, clump, cluster, coppice, copsewood, covert, crop, frith, group, grouping, groupment, grove, hassock, holt, hurst, knot, lot, mess, motte, orchard, shaw, shock, slew, spinney, stook, thicket, thickset, tope, tuft, tussock, wisp, wood lot, woodlet
