keep
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(verb) maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" |
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Synonyms: maintain |
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Related Words: enter, put down, record |
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(verb) retain possession of |
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Synonyms: hold on |
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Related Words: carry over, conserve, deduct, deny, harbor, harbour, have, have got, hive away, hold, hold, hold back, hold over, keep back, lay in, preserve, put in, recoup, refuse, reserve, retain, salt away, save, stack away, stash away, store, withhold |
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Antonyms: lose |
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(verb) look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the bees on the estate" |
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Related Words: have, have got, hold, keep up, maintain, preserve |
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(verb) maintain or support; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage" |
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Related Words: accommodate, lodge |
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(verb) keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady" |
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Synonyms: hold, maintain |
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Related Words: bear on, carry, carry on, continue, distance, housekeep, keep waiting, preserve, pressurize, uphold |
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(verb) maintain in safety form injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" |
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Synonyms: preserve |
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Related Words: protect |
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(verb) fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time" |
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Synonyms: stay fresh |
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Related Words: remain, rest, stay |
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(noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress |
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Synonyms: donjon, dungeon |
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Related Words: fastness, oubliette, stronghold |
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(verb) observe correctly; "keep time, keep count, keep track of" |
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Synonyms: maintain, observe |
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(verb) supply with sustenance |
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Synonyms: maintain, sustain |
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Related Words: have, have got, hold, patronage, reseed |
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(verb) keep under control |
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Synonyms: hold back, keep back, restrain |
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Related Words: bottle up, check, confine, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, keep, moderate, prevent, suppress |
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(verb) prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading" |
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Synonyms: prevent |
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Related Words: blank, defend, exclude, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, keep, keep away, keep back, keep out, rain out, restrain, shut, shut out, wash out |
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(verb) conform one's action or practice to; of appointments, promises, conditions, etc. |
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Synonyms: observe |
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Related Words: make good |
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(noun) a cell in a jail or prison |
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Synonyms: hold |
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Related Words: cell, jail cell, prison cell |
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(noun) the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" |
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Synonyms: bread and butter, livelihood, living, support, sustenance |
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Related Words: amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts, maintenance, resource, subsistence |
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(verb) retain rights to; as of a job or a seat |
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Synonyms: hold open, keep open, save |
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Related Words: hold, reserve, retain |
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(verb) allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer" |
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Synonyms: continue, keep on, retain |
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Related Words: keep up, prolong, sustain |
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(verb) celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" |
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Synonyms: celebrate, observe |
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Related Words: commemorate, mark, mourn, solemnize |
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(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" |
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Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, keep on, proceed |
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Related Words: act, hold, keep going, move, ride, run on |
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