Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

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Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To be in session; as, school keeps to-day..
Marker :: Marker (n.) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards..
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Sideboard :: Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Campaign :: Campaign (n.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
Obscure :: Obscure (a.) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious..
Livery :: Livery (n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren..
Remembrance :: Remembrance (n.) That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
Underkeep :: Underkeep (v. t.) To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress..
Tavernman :: Tavernman (n.) The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler..
Hostess :: Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor..
Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
Bosom :: Bosom (v. t.) To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.
Recording :: Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph..
Water Furrow :: Water furrow () A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry..
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