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▸ verb: (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hold the status of something.
▸ verb: To maintain possession of.
▸ verb: (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
▸ verb: (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
▸ verb: (archaic) To remain in; to be confined to.
▸ verb: To restrain.
▸ verb: (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
▸ verb: To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
▸ verb: (of living things) To raise; to care for.
▸ verb: To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
▸ verb: To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
▸ verb: To have habitually in stock for sale.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
▸ verb: To continue.
▸ verb: To remain edible or otherwise usable.
▸ verb: (copulative) To remain in a state.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
▸ verb: (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
▸ verb: (transitive, Singapore) To put away, to put (something) back.
▸ noun: (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
▸ noun: The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
▸ noun: The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
▸ noun: (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
▸ noun: (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
▸ noun: (euphemistic, obsolete) A mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations).
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
continue,
keep on,
go on,
proceed,
retain,
maintain,
hold back,
sustain,
support,
keep back,
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