Definition of keep

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Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle..

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Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Banker :: Banker (n.) One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc..
Seraglio :: Seraglio (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery..
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..
Hosteler :: Hosteler (n.) The keeper of a hostel or inn.
Baby Farming :: Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
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..
Save :: Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:.
Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..
Safe :: Safe (n.) A place for keeping things in safety.
Porterage :: Porterage (n.) The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To be in session; as, school keeps to-day..
Poinder :: Poinder (n.) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
Account :: Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank..
Cimeliarch :: Cimeliarch (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.
To :: To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
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