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- English Word Keep Definition To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
- English Word Keep Definition To have habitually in stock for sale.
- English Word Keep Definition 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.
- English Word Keep Definition To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.
- English Word Keep Definition To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent.
- English Word Keep Definition To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
- English Word Keep Definition To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.
- English Word Keep Definition To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
- English Word Keep Definition To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
- English Word Keep Definition To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
- English Word Keep Definition To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.
- English Word Keep Definition The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
- English Word Keep Definition The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
- English Word Keep Definition The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
- English Word Keep Definition That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle.
- English Word Keep Definition That which is kept in charge; a charge.
- English Word Keep Definition A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
- English Word Keeper Definition One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
- English Word Keeper Definition One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
- English Word Keeper Definition One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
- English Word Keeper Definition One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
- English Word Keeper Definition A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
- English Word Keeper Definition A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
- English Word Keepership Definition The office or position of a keeper.
- English Word Keeping Definition Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
- English Word Keeping Definition Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
- English Word Keeping Definition Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
- English Word Keeping Definition of Keep
- English Word Keeping Definition A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
- English Word Keepsake Definition Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.