Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..

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Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..
Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc..
To :: To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Team :: Team (n.) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto..
Forest :: Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..
Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
Curator :: Curator (n.) One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper..
Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote..
Amuse :: Amuse (v.) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
Tidy :: Tidy (superl.) Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy..
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy..
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water..
Obscure :: Obscure (v. i.) To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends..
Souvenir :: Souvenir (n.) That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
Cauf :: Cauf (n.) A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.
Garland :: Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
Winter :: Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw..
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