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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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Controller :: Controller (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts..

Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness..

Bank :: Bank (v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.

Paymaster :: Paymaster (n.) One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same..

Porterage :: Porterage (n.) The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper..

No-man''s Land :: No-man's land () A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for..

Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.

Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other..

Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One who marks the time in musical performances.

Tavernman :: Tavernman (n.) The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler..

Custody :: Custody (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Parker :: Parker (n.) The keeper of a park.

Supply :: Supply (v. t.) To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition..

Coast :: Coast (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.