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      keep
      noun
      The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
      The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
      (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
      A surname.
      (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
      (obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
      (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
      (euphemistic, obsolete) A mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations).
      verb
      (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
      (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
      (transitive) To hold the status of something.
      To maintain possession of.
      (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
      (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
      (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
      To restrain.
      (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
      To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
      (of living things) To raise; to care for.
      To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
      To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
      To have habitually in stock for sale.
      (intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
      To continue.
      To remain edible or otherwise usable.
      (copulative) To remain in a state.
      (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
      (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
      (transitive, Singapore) To put (something) back; to put away.
      (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
      (transitive, dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
      (archaic) To remain in; to be confined to.
      (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
      (UK, obsolete) To have rooms at college, at the University of Cambridge.
      (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
      Synonyms for keep
      maintainvretainvpreservevdonjonnholdvcontinuevsustainvpreventvrestrainvsavevstayvremainvconservevupholdvupbearprotectvpersistvsteadyadjsafeguardvsafekeepingnwithholdvensurevcontainv
      Words related to keep
      keptadjretainableadjholdableadjretainmentnirretentiveadjavoidvrefrainingvcontinuableadjconstantlyadvstopvsustainedlyadvvigilantadjperseverevstilladvstickingadjclingvabreastadv

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