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With adverbs and postpositions:
hold out (one's hand) - to stretch out ‘простягати’.
e. g. "How do you do?" said Adela, ... pulling herself, together. , She held out her hand. (Forster)
hold up - to raise ‘підіймати’.
e. g. He held up his hand in protest. "Impossible. Take back such a terrible remark." (Forster)
hold, n.
the act or manner of grasping or seizing; grip ‘володіння, загарбання’. e. g. His hold on life was strong and it was very, very hard to loosen. (Dickens)
Phr. to catch hold of — to seize, grasp (a thing or person); to take (get, lay) hold of — to take, seize, grasp.
holder, n.
1. possessor, usually in compounds (as, an office-holder, share-holder); device for holding something (as, a pen-holder, a gas-holder).
e. g. If any share-holder has any question to put, I shall be glad to answer it. (Galsworthy)


inquire, v. t. & i.
to ask about; to try to get information ‘питатись, дізнаватись, довідуватись’.
e. g. I have hunted high and low for him, and inquired of everybody, but in vain... (M. Twain)
Syn. ask, inquire, question, interrogate.

 Watch Out! (1) The tourists asked (inquired) the shortest way to the British Museum. (2) After the students had been questioned the teacher passed on to a new topic. (3) The judge interrogated the witness. Ask is the general term for putting a question. Inquire means 'to ask for information', Question denotes to inquire by putting repeated questions'. Interrogate is to question formally or systematically.

inquiry, n.
1. question ‘довідування, розпитування’.
e. g. There was a usual stoppage at the barrier guard-house (застава) and the usual lanterns came glancing forth for the usual examination and inquiry. (Dickens) 2. Investigation; official inquiry (into) расследование, следствие.
e. g. Mr. Lorry's inquiries into Miss Pross's personal history had established the fact that her brother Solomon was a heartless scoundrel who had stripped her of everything she possessed. (Dickens)