keep
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～ allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
keep
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～ retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
keep
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～ 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"
keep
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～ stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
keep
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～ cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean'; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
keep
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～ look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
keep
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～ supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
keep
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～ maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
keep
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～ stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
keep
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～ conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
keep
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～ supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
keeper
— Noun
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～ one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
keeper
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～ someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
keeping
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～ the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"
keeping
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～ the act of retaining something
keeping
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～ conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"
keepsake
— Noun
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～ something of sentimental value
keeshond
— Noun
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～ a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland
Keflex
— Noun
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～ an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract
Keflin
— Noun
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～ an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract