Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders..

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Parker :: Parker (n.) The keeper of a park.
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
Work :: Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine..
Countercaster :: Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..
Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
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..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention..
Recommit :: Recommit (v. t.) To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee..
Baby :: Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
Meditate :: Meditate (v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
Save :: Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..
Occupation :: Occupation (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant..
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