Definition of keep

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Keep (v. i.) To be in session; as, school keeps to-day..

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Mind :: Mind (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc..
Skippet :: Skippet (n.) A small round box for keeping records.
Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order..
Pinder :: Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece..
Virgin :: Virgin (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5..
Observance :: Observance (n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties..
Warder :: Warder (n.) One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
Choke-strap :: Choke-strap (n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place..
Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..
Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..
Kept :: Kept (imp. & p. p.) of Keep.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below)..
Steady :: Steady (v. t.) To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute..
Back :: Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence..
Keep :: Keep (n.) The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep..
Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
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