Definitions for "Keep "
To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
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 dungeon. See Illust. of Castle.
The strongest tower of a castle.
To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.
To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.
To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.
supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
Keywords:  asleep, gophel, naught, durang, arn
He willed away his whole estate, And then in death he fell asleep, Murmuring: "Well, at any rate, My name unblemished I shall keep." But when upon the tomb 'twas wrought Whose was it? -- for the dead keep naught. Durang Gophel Arn
prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
as in Keep Term, to sleep overnight within three miles of Great St Mary's Church for the requisite number (59 for Michaelmas and Lent, 52 for Easter) of nights within Term. An essential qualification for many degrees.
To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.
To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.
To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
Keywords:  latch, tongue, bolt, striking, plate
A term sometimes used for a staple or striking plate.
This term is used for the striking plate fitted to the door frame which takes the lock bolt or latch tongue.
term sometimes used for the striking plate fitted to the door frame which accepts the lock bolt or latch tongue.
A secured location where people who have been pulled out of a location can be debriefed without distractions. The people kept at this location might be hostages or hostage takers who can provide information about who and what is still inside or still a threat to the officers conducting the operation. When a team has a distinguished visi- mission, a keep will be specified, perhaps by the Secret Service. Then, if something happens, a designated member of the team will take the VIP to the keep and will guard him or her, controlling access to the location, until a code word is transmitted indicating "all clear." Until then, nobody gets access to the keep.
Keywords:  keystone
A condition added to an XSL-FO file to keep elements together on a page. A keep-together condition keeps all of an element's children together on a page. A keep-with-next keeps the current element with the following element, and a keep-with-previous keeps the current element with the preceding element.
a certain method of conditioning gamecocks for fighting. Many cockfighters have their own personal keep. Sometimes this refers to a book, booklet, or pamphlet that describes a cockfighter's method for conditioning.
keep is a program which deletes everything in a directory except for the files that you tell it to keep. It is useful in the situation where the list of files in a directory that you want to keep is shorter than the list of files you want to delete.
Keep is a Perl script that is intended to be the opposite of the UNIX 'rm' command. It deletes all files other than those specified as arguments to the command. In other words it keeps the files you tell it to and deletes the rest.
If a file to be generated already exists, do not overwrite it. By default it is overwritten. Generate information to be included in a make description file; output goes to .u file.
To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
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.
maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
That which is kept in charge; a charge.
look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
Keywords:  hence, haunt, confine, quit, bed
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.
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
Keywords:  jail, prison, cell
a cell in a jail or prison
Keywords:  never, setup, royal, jacks, conform
conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
A Jack when placed in the setup portion of the game. This card is never used in play except to determine the Royal Family Line. Non-Keep Jacks are used as normal.
Keywords:  abide, aloft, stay, favor, reach
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.
Keywords:  rescue, trouble, cameras, reads
Reads out all cameras in use. Rescue from trouble only
Keywords:  lady, herself, student, toes, hold
keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school"
Keywords:  habitually, stock, sale
To have habitually in stock for sale.
Keywords:  bees, chickens, yard, few, raise
raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees"
the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?"
refers to the area where desired citations are temporarily stored during the search evaluation process and between further trademark searches. Eventually this set is printed from.
Keywords:  lodge, dwell, reside, time
To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
Keywords:  solicitous, care, attend, tend, desire
To care; to desire.
To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
Keywords:  axle, reservoir, box, oil, lower
The lower part of an axle box which contains an oil reservoir.
Keywords:  kick, kill
Keywords:  king, know
King * Know
To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.
The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
Keywords:  session, school, day
To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.
Keywords:  let, requests, programs
a let in requests have programs
keep_* Keep several successive items in the container, and remove all the others.
Keywords:  education, energy, program
K- Energy Education Program
Keywords:  notes, your
put away - "Please keep your notes"
Keywords:  display, single, page, lines
a display of lines which are kept on a single page if possible