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Keep
/kiːp/
The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
📖 Definitions of "Keep"
- 1
The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- 2
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
"He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep."
- 3
The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
- 4
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
"to be in good keep"
- 1
To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
"to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession"
- 2
(heading) To hold the status of something.
- 3
(heading) To hold or be held in a state.
- 4
To wait for, keep watch for.
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