Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

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Liveryman :: Liveryman (n.) One who keeps a livery stable.
Curator :: Curator (n.) One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper..
Hold :: Hold (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
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 reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote..
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..
Folio :: Folio (n.) A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number..
Keep :: Keep (n.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place..
Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home.
Flabellation :: Flabellation (n.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance.
Timely :: Timely (superl.) Keeping time or measure.
Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..
Underkeep :: Underkeep (v. t.) To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress..
Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.
Crimp :: Crimp (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
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..
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