Definition of keep

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Keep (v. i.) To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.

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Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile..
Footman :: Footman (n.) A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire..
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..
Cimeliarch :: Cimeliarch (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.
Fend :: Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows..
Alewife :: Alewife (n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Hosteler :: Hosteler (n.) The keeper of a hostel or inn.
Meditate :: Meditate (v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Wildgrave :: Wildgrave (n.) A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave..
Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Hoverer :: Hoverer (n.) A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.
Miskeep :: Miskeep (v. t.) To keep wrongly.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Hoard :: Hoard (v. t.) To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain..
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