{
  "id": "hold.physical",
  "term": "hold",
  "sense": "physical",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 13,
  "arena": "space.extent, time.dimension, energy.capacity, pattern.regularity",
  "domain": "action.deed",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "keep thing with touch and force so it does not move",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "touch.together",
      "force.push",
      "keep.maintenance",
      "motion.movement"
    ],
    "interaction": "touch and force together resist motion to maintain position",
    "novel_properties": [
      "static attachment",
      "tactile containment",
      "resisted displacement"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "A climber's fingers hold the granite edge of El Capitan, countering gravity with friction and muscle.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Tokamak's magnetic fields hold plasma at 150 million Kelvin in the JET reactor during fusion trials.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Tree roots hold soil on steep slopes in the 2014 Oso landslide zone, reducing erosion after the event.",
      "domain": "geology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "action.deed",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "action.deed provides the category of intentional actions"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "alive.biological",
    "ancient.temporal",
    "bank.financial",
    "equilibrium.state",
    "frozen.state",
    "integrity.state",
    "keystone.system",
    "legacy.enduring",
    "limit.boundary",
    "maintenance.upkeep",
    "parasitism.systemic",
    "rent.income",
    "reputation.social-model",
    "scaffold.temporary",
    "self-model.reflexive",
    "symbiosis.mutual",
    "trust.reliance",
    "understanding.cognitive",
    "weight.physical"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "held",
    "hold",
    "holding",
    "holds"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "definition",
      "note": "Added motion.m游戏副本"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hold.physical"
}