Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store..

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Reservative :: Reservative (a.) Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
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..
Pinder :: Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods.
Tallyman :: Tallyman (n.) One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade..
Crimp :: Crimp (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Depository :: Depository (n.) A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records..
House :: House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..
Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
Mahout :: Mahout (n.) The keeper and driver of an elephant.
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility..
Yarwhip :: Yarwhip (n.) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit..
Press :: Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Timely :: Timely (superl.) Keeping time or measure.
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..
Phial :: Phial (v. t.) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial..
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