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The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
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That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle.
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The office or position of a keeper.
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A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
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Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
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To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
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The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
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To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent.
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The keeper of a pound.
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The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
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One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
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Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
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A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
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One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
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Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
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One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
v. t.
To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
v. i.
To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.
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The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
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To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.
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