Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

held fast

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
held -fast
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of hold fast

Questions

What does held fast mean?
simple past and past participle of hold fast

How to pronounce held fast

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