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( history ) connected with real people or events in the past She writes historical novels.

his .to . ry Ф / histori / noun [ noncount ]

all the things that happened in the past It was an important moment in history.

the study of things that happened in the past History is my favorite subject.

hit 1 © / hit / verb ( hits , hit ting , hit, has hit)

to touch someone or something hard He hit my ankle with his shopping cart. The car hit a wall. I hit my knee on the door. I would never hit my children.

hit 2 О / hit / noun [ count ]

touching someone or something hard

That was a great hit! (= in a game of baseball )

a person or a thing that a lot of people like That song was a hit in the 1990s.

( computers ) a result of a search on a computer, especially on the Internet

hitch • hike / ' hitjhaik / verb ( hitch . hikes , hitch . hik . ing , hitch . hiked ) ( also hitch / hit/ / ) ( hitch . es , hitch ing , hitched )

to travel by asking for free rides in cars and trucks We hitchhiked across the country.

hitch • hik • er / ' hitjhaikar / noun [ count ] We picked up a hitchhiker.

hi-tech / | hai tek / adjective another word for high-tech HIV / |eitf ai vi / abbreviation

( health ) the virus (= a very small thing that can make you sick ) that causes AIDS (= a serious illness that destroys the body's ability to fight infection ) be HIV-positive to have HIV

hive / haiv / ( also bee . hive / ' bihaiv / ) noun [count]

a thing that bees (= black and yellow insects ) live in

hoard / hord / verb ( hoards , hoard . ing , hoard . ed )

to save and keep things secretly

The old man hoarded the money in a box under his bed.

► hoard noun [ count ]

a secret store of something, for example food or money a hoard of cash

hoarse / hors / adjective

If your voice is hoarse , it is rough and quiet, for example because you have a cold He spoke in a hoarse whisper.

hoax / houks / noun [ count ] ( plural hoax .es ) a trick that makes someone believe something that is not true

There wasn't really a bomb in the subway station — it was a hoax.

hob • by / ' habi / noun [count] ( plural hob .bies ) something that you like doing in your free time My hobbies are reading and swimming.

hock • ey / ' haki / noun [ noncount ] ( also ice hock . ey )

( sports ) a game that is played on ice by two teams who try to hit a small flat rubber thing (called a puck ) into a goal with long wooden sticks

— Look at field hockey .

hold 1 Ф / hould / verb ( holds , hold ing , held / held / has held )

to have something in your hand or arms She was holding a gun.

He held the baby in his arms.

to keep something in a certain way Hold your head up straight.

Try to hold the camera still .

to support the weight of someone or something Are you sure that branch will hold both of you?

to have space for a certain number or amount The car holds five people.

to make something happen

The meeting was held in the conference room.

It's impossible to hold a conversation with him.

hold someone or something back to stop someone

or something from moving forward

The police held back the crowd.

Hold it!

( informal )

words that you use to tell someone to wait or not to move

hold on

( informal ) to wait Hold on, I'm coming.

—SYNONYM hang on

to keep holding something

The little girl held on to her mother's hand. hold someone or something up

to make someone or something late The plane was held up for 40 minutes.

to try to steal from a place, using a gun Two men held up a bank in Springfield today.

hold 2 Ф / hould / noun