Definition of keep

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Keep (n.) The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse..

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Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities..
Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee..
Booker :: Booker (n.) One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper..
Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
Livery :: Livery (n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
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..
Stove :: Stove (v. t.) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees..
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..
Souvenir :: Souvenir (n.) That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
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..
Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret..
Residentiary :: Residentiary (n.) An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
Ostiary :: Ostiary (n.) One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter..
Over :: Over (prep.) Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter..
Intubation :: Intubation (n.) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup..
Secretary :: Secretary (n.) One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets..
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