keep
To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
To maintain possession of.
To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
(archaic) To remain in; to be confined to.
To restrain.
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.
(obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
To continue.
To remain edible or otherwise usable.
To remain in a state.
(UK, obsolete) To have rooms at college, at the University of Cambridge.
(obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
(cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
(obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
(obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
(by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
(dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
(Singapore) To put away, to put (something) back.
(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
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.
(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).
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