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Definition of keep

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Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

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Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..

Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.

Keep :: Keep (n.) The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard..

Crimp :: Crimp (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

Summer-fallow :: Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock..

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..

Micher :: Micher (n.) One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well..

Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto..

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.

Undisclose :: Undisclose (v. t.) To keep close or secret.

Timely :: Timely (superl.) Keeping time or measure.

Gorce :: Gorce (n.) A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc..

Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally..

Bookkeeping :: Bookkeeping (n.) The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger..