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keep thing with touch and force so it does not move

Hold (verb) means: keep thing with touch and force so it does not move. It emerges from touch, force, keep, motion: touch and force together resist motion to maintain position. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 13, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

hold.physical · forms: held, hold, holding, holds

Examples

Emergence

from: touch force keep motion
through: touch and force together resist motion to maintain position

Chain to foundations

holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacedifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or state
full chain as text (91 steps)

Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 37 more not shownbuilt fromlimitL14limit.boundary — a wall that holds regardless of applied forcemaintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.sandbaggingL14sandbagging.understated — Showing others a reach narrower than the one it holds, so that their model of it sets no walls against what it can laterself-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.trustL14trust.reliance — Acting on a model of another system instead of verifying it, affordable exactly across the range where the model holds.aliveL15alive.biological — inside the existence window, with maintenance holding its parameters within the window through work from within.conscienceL15conscience.internalized — a wall moved inside the system, a boundary once kept by others and now maintained by the self-model, which is why it holdenialL15denial.refusal — maintenance used to hold the self-model still while the parameter it tracks is already past the wall, keeping the model holdL13hold.physical — keep thing with touch and force so it does not movetouchL3touch.together — When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.forceL12force.push — a press of matter that results in a change in motionkeepL5keep.maintenance — to make something persist in a place or statemotionL2motion.movement — Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.

Used by (45)

limitL14maintenanceL14sandbaggingL14self-modelL14trustL14aliveL15conscienceL15denialL15high horseL15humilityL15nudgeL15reputationL15scaffoldL15self-deceptionL15sleeping giantL15ultra viresL15understandingL15vulnerabilityL15deterrenceL16down to earthL16equilibriumL16helicopter parentingL16lame duckL16paper tigerL16sick man of europeL16stay the courseL16taking off the training wheelsL16bankL17establishmentL17legitimacyL17ordinary peopleL17ancientL18frozenL18integrityL18keystoneL18legacyL18parasitismL18rentL18symbiosisL18weightL18willpowerL18crisis of faithL19new chapterL19rock bottomL19take back our countryL19

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6