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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Stable :: Stable (v. t.) To put or keep in a stable.
Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
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..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well..
Under :: Under (adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail..
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
Underkeep :: Underkeep (v. t.) To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress..
Insectary :: Insectary (n.) A place for keeping living insects.
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..
Mince :: Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of..
Keeping :: Keeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.
Keepsake :: Keepsake (n.) Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship..
Controller :: Controller (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts..
Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd..
Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.
Back :: Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction..
Underkeeper :: Underkeeper (n.) A subordinate keeper or guardian.
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.
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