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(v)
(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To persist or continue.
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
(transitive, ditransitive) To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
(transitive) To hold back; to refuse to give or share.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
(n)
The act of retaining or something retained.
Only used in for keeps
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
(adj)
That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
preservation
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
To position or be positioned physically:
(transitive) To control or keep in check.
showing maintenance or attention
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
The act of doing maintenance.
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
Of or relating to something to which conservation has been applied; saved from being wasted
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
Accompanied by conservation.
(transitive) To possess, own.
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
A continuation.
(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
Free from attack or danger; protected.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
(transitive) To hold inside.
Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
(transitive) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
(transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
To retain (someone) as an employee.
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
Obsolete form of guard. [(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.]
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.
An amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.
The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
(mainly North American) A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
(ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
Alternative spelling of babysit. [(ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.]
(transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
(ambitransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
Preserved in cans.
(carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
(N)
a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall (model and ex-wife to Mick Jagger) searching for a kept man.
kept intact or in a particular condition
a fund of money put by as a reserve
(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
To understand.
To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
(transitive) To get.
(transitive) To acquire again.
(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.