unholdとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English unholden, equivalent to un- +‎ hold.

動詞

unhold (三人称単数 現在形 unholds, 現在分詞 unholding, 過去形 unheld, 過去分詞 unheld または unholden)

1. (transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of.
   • 1857, William Maginn, ‎Robert Shelton Mackenzie, Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Dr. Maginn, volume 5, page 37:

     The unrefuted accusation had also been a libel on yourselves, whose great intelligence has unholden Maga in so unprecedented a degree, and who monthly devour the astonishing number of six and thirty thousand of her copies.

   • 1997, Sherwood Anderson, ‎Welford Dunaway Taylor, ‎Charles E. Modlin, Southern Odyssey:

     For each man has the same problem — women — how to hold them when you want to hold them — how to unhold them when you want to unhold.

   • 2008, Jamie Gilson, Chess! I Love It, I Love It, I Love It!, page 10:

     I unheld my ears. It wasn't all that yucky.

   • 2016, Manita Bajaj, ‎Bharat Bhushan Bassan, Appraisals of the Soul: Musings of the Heart:

     Say the love, create the romance, fizz out the anger or walk away the way your heart wishes... Life is simple as we listen daily but only when we un-hold the load... Everything is changing around you and you also can't escape the change.

2. (transitive, telephony) To remove from a "hold" or "on hold" state.
   • 2009, Dante Sarigumba, ‎Robert Kao, BlackBerry Bold For Dummies, page 120:

     Scroll to Hold, and press the trackball. Your call is now on hold. Follow these steps to unhold your call: […]