Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

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Rangership :: Rangership (n.) The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Reticent :: Reticent (a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Swinepipe :: Swineherd (n.) A keeper of swine.
Meditate :: Meditate (v. t.) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.
Sheepmaster :: Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep..
Storer :: Storekeeper (n.) One who keeps a store; a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3..
Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..
Doorkeeper :: Doorkeeper (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
Range :: Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast..
Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..
Liveryman :: Liveryman (n.) One who keeps a livery stable.
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.
Temple :: Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Hostess :: Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate..
Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate..
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