Definition of keep

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Keep (v. i.) To be in session; as, school keeps to-day..

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Apron :: Apron (n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings..
Comb :: Comb (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place..
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..
Companionship :: Companionship (n.) Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to..
Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse..
Folio :: Folio (n.) A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number..
Storer :: Storekeeper (n.) One who keeps a store; a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3..
Gobemouche :: Gobemouche (n.) Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities..
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..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) A house dog.
Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..
Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..
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..
Clear :: Clear (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt..
Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
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