Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book..

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Barkeeper :: Barkeeper (n.) One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.
Bewake :: Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Monument :: Monument (n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial..
Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Tippler :: Tippler (n.) One who keeps a tippling-house.
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Heart :: Heart (n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..
Tantalize :: Tantalize (v. t.) To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment..
Consort :: Consort (n.) A ship keeping company with another.
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Steady :: Steady (v. t.) To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.
Tavernman :: Tavernman (n.) The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler..
Poinder :: Poinder (n.) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
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