Definition of keep

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Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession..

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Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
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..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret..
Rule :: Rule (v. i.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before..
Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave.
Diarist :: Diarist (n.) One who keeps a diary.
Rangership :: Rangership (n.) The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
Spare :: Spare (a.) To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save..
Residentiary :: Residentiary (n.) An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
Save :: Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Consort :: Consort (n.) A ship keeping company with another.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.
Tallyman :: Tallyman (n.) One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks..
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Dwarf :: Dwarf (v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Abreast :: Abreast (adv.) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..
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