Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard..

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Wardsman :: Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.
Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Coffeeman :: Coffeeman (n.) One who keeps a coffeehouse.
Off :: Off (n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..
Putour :: Putour (n.) A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.
Gamekeeper :: Gamekeeper (n.) One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve..
House :: House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
Sheepmaster :: Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep..
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables..
Metonymy :: Metonymy (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
Bursar :: Bursar (n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..
Levee :: Levee (v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river..
Fend :: Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows..
Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
Range :: Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast..
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