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hit the dirt

verb · fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger

Example: The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire

hit the hay

verb · prepare for sleep

Example: I usually turn in at midnight

hit the roof

verb · get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

hitch up

verb · pull up

Example: He hitched up his socks and pants

hitchhike

verb · travel by getting free rides from motorists

hither

adverb · to this place (especially toward the speaker)

Example: come here, please

hither and thither

adverb · from one place or situation to another

Example: we were driven from pillar to post

hitherto

adverb · used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

Example: So far he hasn't called

hive

noun · a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

hive away

verb · keep or lay aside for future use

Example: store grain for the winter

hive off

verb · withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

hive up

verb · save up as for future use

hoarsely

adverb · in a hoarse or husky voice

Example: `Excuse me,' he said hoarsely

hoary plantain

noun · widely distributed Old World perennial naturalized in North America having finely hairy leaves and inconspicuous white fragrant flowers

hodgepodge

noun · a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

hog-tie

verb · tie together somebody's limbs

Example: The prisoner was hog-tied

hogged

adjective · (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end

hohenzollern empire

noun · the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919)

hoity-toity

adjective · affectedly genteel

hold back

verb · hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Example: Arrest the downward trend

hold close

verb · hold firmly, usually with one's hands

Example: She clutched my arm when she got scared

hold down

verb · restrain

Example: please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep

hold fast

verb · stick to firmly

Example: Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?

hold forth

verb · talk at length and formally about a topic

Example: The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England

hold off

verb · resist and fight to a standoff

Example: Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off

hold on

verb · be persistent, refuse to stop

Example: he persisted to call me every night

hold open

verb · retain rights to

Example: keep my job for me while I give birth

hold over

verb · intimidate somebody (with a threat)

Example: She was holding it over him

hold still for

verb · tolerate or bear

Example: I won't stand for this kind of behavior!

hold the line

verb · hold the phone line open

Example: Please hang on while I get your folder

hold up

verb · cause to be slowed down or delayed

Example: Traffic was delayed by the bad weather

hold water

verb · resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

Example: Her shoes won't hold up

hole out

verb · hit the ball into the hole

hole up

verb · sleep during winter

Example: Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves

hole-in-corner

adjective · relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life- H.G.Wells

Example: a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community

hole-in-the-wall

noun · a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place

Example: his office was a hole-in-the-wall

holland

noun · a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

hollow

adjective · devoid of significance or point

Example: empty promises

hollow out

verb · remove the interior of

Example: hollow out a tree trunk

holothuria

noun · type genus of the Holothuridae

holy see

noun · the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929

home

adjective · inside the country

Example: the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior

home-brewed

adjective · brewed at home

Example: home-brewed beer

homeless person

noun · someone unfortunate without housing

Example: a homeless was found murdered in Central Park

homeostatically

adverb · in a homeostatic manner

Example: blood pressure is homeostatically regulated

homewards

adverb · toward home

Example: fought his way homeward through the deep snow

homework

noun · preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

homobasidiomycetes

noun · category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes

homogeneously

adverb · all similarly

Example: the students at this college are homogeneously middle-class

homogenize

verb · cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

Example: homogenize the main ingredients

homoiothermic

adjective · of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature

homologise

verb · make homologous

homonymic

adjective · of or related to or being homonyms

homyel

noun · industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk

honest

adjective · gained or earned without cheating or stealing

Example: an honest wage

honestly

adverb · in an honest manner

Example: in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it

honey mesquite

noun · thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets

honey mushroom

noun · a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw

honey-coloured

adjective · having the color of honey

honor

noun · a woman's virtue or chastity