Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession..

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Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse..
Intubation :: Intubation (n.) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren..
Porter :: Porter (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
Hush :: Hush (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise..
Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..
Accompany :: Accompany (v. t.) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow..
Intern :: Intern (a.) To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country..
Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..
Bawn :: Bawn (n.) An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure..
Assober :: Assober (v. t.) To make or keep sober.
Reservative :: Reservative (a.) Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security..
Taverner :: Taverner (n.) One who keeps a tavern.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
Stable Stand :: Stabler (n.) A stable keeper.
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.
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..
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