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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Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out..
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards..
Undisclose :: Undisclose (v. t.) To keep close or secret.
Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites..
Dungeon :: Dungeon (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
Secretary :: Secretary (n.) One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets..
Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
Remembrance :: Remembrance (n.) That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
Watch :: Watch (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature..
Coop :: Coop (n.) An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
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..
Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..
Alewife :: Alewife (n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
Spy :: Spy (n.) One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.
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