Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Holds back.
7 letter answer(s) to holds back
RETARDS
a person of subnormal intelligence
be delayed
cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
slow the growth or development of;
5 letter answer(s) to holds back
STAYS
(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
fasten with stays
hang on durin
STEMS
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
the tube of a tobacco pipe
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