Definition of keep

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Keep (n.) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

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Taverner :: Taverner (n.) One who keeps a tavern.
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Gateman :: Gateman (n.) A gate keeper; a gate tender.
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..
Time :: Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal..
Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Winter :: Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw..
Celebrate :: Celebrate (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday..
Burghbrech :: Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.
Crowkeeper :: Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow..
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..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.
Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess..
Rangership :: Rangership (n.) The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
Choke-strap :: Choke-strap (n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place..
Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..
Confine :: Confine (v. t.) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
Hostess :: Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose..
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