Definition of keep

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

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Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Innkeeper :: Innkeeper (n.) An innholder.
Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation..
Miskeep :: Miskeep (v. t.) To keep wrongly.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..
Virgin :: Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5..
Wheremaster :: Wheremaster (n.) One keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a procurer.
Hostler :: Hostler (n.) The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
Home-dwelling :: Home-dwelling (a.) Keeping at home.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..
Exact :: Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts..
Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
Janitor :: "Janitor (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc..
Campaign :: Campaign (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.
Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase..
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