[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/withhold/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) / withhold # withhold verb (withhold, withholds, withheld, withholding) «withhold» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To keep something back and refuse to give it: «withhold information» means not telling something you know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#m1) 2. To hold back a payment or reward: «The shop withheld his pay until the work was finished.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#m2) 3. (money) To take part of someone's pay for tax before they get it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#m3) ### In the lessons In everyday life and stories, withholding the truth or help is often a sign of a secret or of punishment. In safety: an adult should never ask a child to withhold (keep secret) something that makes them feel unsafe. In money and law: tax is withheld from wages. Phrases: «withhold information», «withhold payment», «withhold your name», «withheld number». ### Examples - The detective thought the butler was withholding something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x1) - Please do not withhold information that could help find the lost dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x2) - The phone screen said «number withheld». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x3) - The teacher withheld the prize until everyone had tidied up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x4) - The company withheld part of his wages for tax. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x5) - She withheld her smile until the judges had finished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x6) - If someone asks you to keep a secret that worries you, do not withhold it from a trusted adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x7) - “Lady,” he pleaded, “you will surely not withhold information from the Ard-Ri’?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/#x8) ### Note Irregular: withhold, withheld, withheld (like «hold, held»). Spelled with two h's: with + hold. Formal-ish word; everyday words are «keep back», «hold back», «not tell». Noun: withholding. ## In Jewish tradition In everyday life and stories, withholding the truth or help is often a sign of a secret or of punishment. In safety: an adult should never ask a child to withhold (keep secret) something that makes them feel unsafe. In money and law: tax is withheld from wages. Phrases: «withhold information», «withhold payment», «withhold your name», «withheld number». ### Examples - 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.' (Torah GEN.23.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withhold/#x1) - If it is read as one word, it must be the action noun of בָּלַם balam 'to restrain, withhold, keep (from)'; see SY 1:8. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withhold/#x2) - But who can withhold himself from speaking? (Writings JOB.4.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withhold/#x3) - Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.' (Prophets 2SA.13.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withhold/#x4) - Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. (Writings PRO.23.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withhold/#x5) ### Note Irregular: withhold, withheld, withheld (like «hold, held»). Spelled with two h's: with + hold. Formal-ish word; everyday words are «keep back», «hold back», «not tell». Noun: withholding. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «withhold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/withhold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«withhold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/withhold.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «withhold» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withhold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«withhold» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/withhold.html) on Mova free.