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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Forbear :: Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety..
Mind :: Mind (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc..
Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) The warden, or keeper of a jail..
Detainer :: Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.
Bank :: Bank (v. i.) To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
Caddy :: Caddy (n.) A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
Corkage :: Corkage (n.) The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
Frugal :: Frugal (n.) Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time..
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Cure :: Cure (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay..
Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.
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..
Tutor :: Tutor (n.) A treasurer; a keeper.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
Shopkeeper :: Shopkeeper (n.) A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
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