Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

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Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction..
Elong :: Elong (v. t.) To put away; to separate; to keep off.
Beemaster :: Beemaster (n.) One who keeps bees.
Observer :: Observer (n.) One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice..
Espy :: Espy (v. t.) To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
Studding :: Studdery (n.) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
Hosteler :: Hosteler (n.) The keeper of a hostel or inn.
Handfast :: Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.
Clerk :: Clerk (n.) One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk..
Stale :: Stale (v. i.) That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..
Refrigerate :: Refrigerate (v. t.) To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver..
Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out..
Depository :: Depository (n.) A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records..
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