Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret..

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Close :: Close (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch..
Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..
Associate :: Associate (v. i.) To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate..
Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed..
Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..
Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..
Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Conserve :: Conserve (v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent..
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of..
Stable :: Stable (v. t.) To put or keep in a stable.
Bartender :: Bartender (n.) A barkeeper.
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) A house dog.
Amuse :: Amuse (v.) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
Crowkeeper :: Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow..
Armory :: Armory (n.) A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
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