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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Accompany :: Accompany (v. i.) To associate in a company; to keep company.
Bless :: Bless (v. t.) To guard; to keep; to protect.
Observance :: Observance (n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties..
Hussy :: Hussy (n.) A housewife or housekeeper.
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal..
Innkeeper :: Innkeeper (n.) An innholder.
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..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper..
Mince :: Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of..
Restaurateur :: Restaurateur (n.) The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.
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..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..
Amuse :: Amuse (v.) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
Dossil :: Dossil (n.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent..
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Cauf :: Cauf (n.) A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.
Ward-corn :: Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise..
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