Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..

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Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites..
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water..
Steward :: Steward (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like..
Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail..
Feuterer :: Feuterer (n.) A dog keeper.
Traiteur :: Traiteur (n.) The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur..
Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To care; to desire.
Keep :: 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..
Stove :: Stove (v. t.) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc..
Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
Storekeeper :: Storekeeper (n.) A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper..
Fosseway :: Fosseway (n.) One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.
Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.
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