to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.

to keep under restraint or in custody.

Obsolete . to keep back or withhold, as from a person.

verb

free , let go , liberate , release

verb

apprehend , bog down * , bust * , buttonhole * , check , confine , constrain , decelerate , delay , hang up * , hinder , hold up * , ice * , impede , inhibit , intern , jail , mire , nab * , pick up , pinch * , pull in * , put away * , reserve , restrain , retard , run in , send up , set back , slow down , slow up , withhold , hang up , hold up , lag , slow , stall , immure , imprison , incarcerate , lock , arrest , hold , keep , stop