maintain

Verb
  1. Cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity;
    E.g., `keep clean' (synset 202687605)
    "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
    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. Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (synset 202284977)
    "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
    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. Supply with necessities and support (synset 201187158)
    "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
    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. State categorically (synset 201018787)
    is a type of: insist, take a firm stand - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
    subtypes:
    same as: assert, asseverate
  5. Have and exercise (synset 202209346)
    "wield power and authority"
    is a type of: have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
    same as: exert, wield
  6. Maintain for use and service (synset 202207950)
    "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
    is a type of: have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
    same as: keep
  7. Maintain by writing regular records (synset 201067899)
    "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
    is a type of: enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form
    same as: keep
  8. State or assert (synset 201019652)
    "He maintained his innocence"
    is a type of: affirm - say yes to
    subtypes: vindicate - maintain, uphold, or defend
    same as: defend
  9. Support against an opponent (synset 200898147)
    "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
    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. Stick to correctly or closely (synset 200734575)
    "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
    same as: keep, observe

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