maintain

1. 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
   same as: hold, keep
2. is a type of: keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
   subtypes:

   • embalm - preserve a dead body
   • plastinate - preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes
   • hold the line - hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
   same as: conserve, keep up, preserve
3. is a type of: have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
   subtypes:

   • patronage - support by being a patron of
   • reseed - maintain by seeding without human intervention
   • carry - keep up with financial support
   same as: keep, sustain
4. is a type of: insist, take a firm stand - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
   subtypes:

   • allege, aver, say - report or maintain
   • predicate, proclaim - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
   same as: assert, asseverate
5. is a type of: have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
   same as: exert, wield
6. is a type of: have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
   same as: keep
7. is a type of: enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form
   same as: keep
8. is a type of: affirm - say yes to
   subtypes: vindicate - maintain, uphold, or defend
   same as: defend
9. is a type of: confirm, reassert - strengthen or make more firm
   subtypes: justify, vindicate - show to be right by providing justification or proof
   same as: uphold
10. same as: keep, observe

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