English to Maltese Meaning of holdfast - holdfast


Holdfast :
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Definitions of holdfast in English
Noun(1) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Examples of holdfast in English
(1) The rostellum ends in a holdfast by which the cell is fixed to the gut wall of its host.(2) At the base of the stalk is the holdfast , which cements the alga to the rock and prevents it from being washed away.(3) Lattice panels, wires, or rough surfaces give tendrils and holdfasts a place to latch onto.(4) Crowns commonly have some length of column still attached, and holdfasts , less commonly recognized than crowns, also have some length of column attached.(5) Heavy grazing may damage and weaken the holdfasts which anchor the algae.(6) Furthermore, the facts that crowns and holdfasts rarely occur attached but that each is preserved with attached incomplete columns, suggest that crowns were broken from their holdfasts prior to burial.(7) The algae were decapitated, clamped with vice grips at their holdfasts , and secured to the bottom of a unidirectional current tank with an ordinary house brick.
Related Phrases of holdfast
(1) hold fast ::
żżomm sew
Synonyms
Noun
2. fixing ::
iffissar
3. fastening ::
rbit
Verb
4. bond ::
bond
5. adhere ::
jaderixxu
6. stick to ::
jeħel mal
7. bind ::
jorbtu
8. stick ::
stick
Word Example from TV Shows
Can I be lord of a holdfast?

Can I be lord of a HOLDFAST?

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 4

Surely my sister has asked you to join the
other highborn ladies in Maegor's holdfast.

Surely my sister has asked you to join the other highborn ladies in Maegor's HOLDFAST.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 9

Maintenance of a holdfast generally falls
to the lord of that holdfast.

Maintenance of a HOLDFAST generally falls to the lord of that HOLDFAST.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 1

Maintenance of a holdfast generally falls
to the lord of that holdfast.

Maintenance of a HOLDFAST generally falls to the lord of that HOLDFAST.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 1

But someday
he could be lord of a holdfast

But someday he could be lord of a HOLDFAST

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 4

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