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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Pinder :: Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Boniface :: Boniface (n.) An innkeeper.
Thallium :: Thallium (n.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent..
Dungeon :: Dungeon (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons..
Keepership :: Keepership (n.) The office or position of a keeper.
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
Storekeeper :: Storekeeper (n.) A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper..
Storax :: Storage (n.) The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.
Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
Accompany :: Accompany (v. t.) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow..
Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods.
Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
Pound/keeper :: Pound/keeper (n.) The keeper of a pound.
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