Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

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Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece..
Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..
Hayward :: Hayward (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large..
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..
Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..
Skewer :: Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Stage :: Stag (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of..
Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..
Studding :: Studdery (n.) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud..
Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote..
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice..
Innkeeper :: Innkeeper (n.) An innholder.
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Conceal :: Conceal (v. t.) To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
Refrigerate :: Refrigerate (v. t.) To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..
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