Definition of keep

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Keep (n.) The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse..

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Dungeon :: Dungeon (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons..
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..
Observer :: Observer (n.) One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice..
Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind..
Metonymy :: Metonymy (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess.
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who keeps or stays much at home.
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..
Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
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.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Keepsake :: Keepsake (n.) Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship..
Assober :: Assober (v. t.) To make or keep sober.
Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece..
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