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Word: keep (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • historical The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
  • obsolete Care, notice.
  • The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.

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Verb:

  • copulative To remain in a state.
  • cricket To act as wicket-keeper.
  • intransitive To continue.
  • intransitive To remain edible or otherwise usable.
  • obsolete To wait for, keep watch for.
  • archaic To remain in, to be confined to.
  • of livestock to raise; to care for.
  • transitive To maintain possession of.
  • transitive To maintain the condition of.
  • transitive To protect, guard (someone from something).
  • transitive To restrain.
  • transitive to supply with necessities and financially support a person.

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