Definition of keep

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Keep (v. i.) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

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Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
Bedpost :: Bedpost (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff..
Shoppish :: Shoppish (a.) Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman..
Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Booker :: Booker (n.) One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper..
Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..
Safe-keeping :: Safe-keeping (n.) The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
Underkeeper :: Underkeeper (n.) A subordinate keeper or guardian.
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.
Custodian :: Custodian (n.) One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities..
Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Publican :: Publican (n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine..
Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns..
Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase..
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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