hold dear (English, verb)
expansion: hold dear (third-person singular simple present holds dear, present participle holding dear, simple past and past participle held dear)
Senses:
glosses: To value highly; to care about greatly.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: holds dear
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holding dear
tags: participle
present
form: held dear
tags: participle
past
form: held dear
tags: past