holding - the process of halting a countdown until a defect or impediment has been cleared and the countdown can be resumed at the same point, as in "T minus 20 and holding." ; дс тдрлими цюлютдажкию дроемжки аиакиохдйис лидр http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/def/4/8/7/1/4871500.html;