Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To have habitually in stock for sale.

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Guard :: Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like..
Baby :: Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
Taverner :: Taverner (n.) One who keeps a tavern.
Miskeep :: Miskeep (v. t.) To keep wrongly.
Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.
Barkeeper :: Barkeeper (n.) One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate..
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..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To keep out, off, or away; to exclude..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..
Vivarium :: Vivarium (n.) A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc..
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper..
Pheasantry :: Pheasantry (n.) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc..
Publican :: Publican (n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine..
Putour :: Putour (n.) A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.
Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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