keep
Noun
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is a type of: resource - available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when neededsubtypes:
- amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts - things that make you comfortable and at ease
- maintenance - means of maintenance of a family or group
- meal ticket - a source of income or livelihood
- subsistence - minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
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is a type of: fastness, stronghold - a strongly fortified defensive structurespecific instances: black hole of calcutta - a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still aliveis a part of: castle - a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
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same as: hold
Verb
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subtypes:
- pressurise, pressurize - maintain a certain pressure
- bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- hold over - keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
- conserve - keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
- preserve - keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
- distance - keep at a distance
- housekeep - maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
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subtypes:
- hold - remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep going, run on - continue uninterrupted
- ride - continue undisturbed and without interference
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subtypes:
- carry over, hold over - hold over goods to be sold for the next season
- deny, refuse - refuse to let have
- deduct, recoup, withhold - retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
- preserve, save - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store - keep or lay aside for future use
- store - find a place for and put away for storage
- hold, hold back, keep back, retain - secure and keep for possible future use or application
- harbor, harbour - keep in one's possession; of animals
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subtypes:
- defend - be on the defensive; act against an attack
- exclude, keep out, shut, shut out - prevent from entering; shut out
- restrict - prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed
- hold - keep from departing
- keep away - prevent from coming close
- restrain - prevent (someone or something) from doing something
- blank - keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
- hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
- rain out, wash out - prevent or interrupt due to rain
same as: preventverb group: keep - hold and prevent from leaving -
subtypes: make good - act as promisedsame as: observe
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same as: maintain
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is a type of: accommodate, lodge - provide housing for
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verb group: continue, persist in - do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
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subtypes:
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same as: stay fresh
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subtypes:
- commemorate, mark - celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- mourn - observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one
- solemnise, solemnize - observe or perform with dignity or gravity
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is a type of: protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damagesame as: preserveverb group: keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
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is a type of: farm, grow, produce, raise - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniquessubtypes: herd - keep, move, or drive animals
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is a type of: store - find a place for and put away for storageverb group: keep - have as a supply
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verb group: keep - store or keep customarily
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same as: maintain
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subtypes:
- hold - keep from exhaling or expelling
- blink, blink away, wink - keep back by blinking
- harness, rein, rule - keep in check
- baffle, regulate - restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
- swallow - keep from expressing
- confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
- check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
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subtypes:
- freeze-dry - preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
- conserve - preserve with sugar
- dehydrate, desiccate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid
- salt - preserve with salt
- can, put up, tin - preserve in a can or tin
- refrigerate - preserve by chilling
- cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
- corn - preserve with salt
same as: preserveverb group: keep, stay fresh - fail to spoil or rot
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- Verbs of eating and drinking
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