Associations to the word «Holdfast»

Wiktionary

HOLDFAST, noun. Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
HOLDFAST, noun. (zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
HOLDFAST, noun. (archaic) (medicine) Actinomycosis.

Dictionary definition

HOLDFAST, noun. Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn