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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Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..
Intubation :: Intubation (n.) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup..
Timer :: Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc..
Custodian :: Custodian (n.) One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent..
Miskeep :: Miskeep (v. t.) To keep wrongly.
Victualer :: Victualer (n.) One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
Virgin :: Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5..
Wintergreen :: Wintergreen (n.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Companionship :: Companionship (n.) Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.
Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) A house dog.
Hostler :: Hostler (n.) An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
Stillatitious :: Stillage (n.) A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.
Mind :: Mind (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc..
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household..
Bookkeeping :: Bookkeeping (n.) The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger..
Isochronon :: Isochronon (n.) A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.
Consort :: Consort (v. i.) To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.
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