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\kˈʌmbə], \kˈʌmbə], \k_ˈʌ_m_b_ə]\
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to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
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To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.
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Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
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By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Thomas Sheridan
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myoglobulin
- A globulin of muscle. [Greek] A globulin of muscle(phys.). A globulin found in the serum of muscle-plasma.