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Noun
S: (n) support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance (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"
S: (n) keep, donjon, dungeon (the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress)
S: (v) keep, maintain, hold (cause to continue 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"
S: (v) pressurize, pressurise (maintain a certain pressure) "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit"
S: (v) continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last) "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
S: (v) hold over (keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time)
S: (v) conserve (keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change) "Energy is conserved in this process"
S: (v) preserve (keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing) "preserve the forest and the lakes"
S: (v) distance (keep at a distance) "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"
S: (v) housekeep (maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household)
S: (v) continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep (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"
S: (v) keep, hold on (retain possession of) "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
S: (v) deny, refuse (refuse to let have) "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
S: (v) withhold, keep back (hold back; refuse to hand over or share) "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
S: (v) freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)) "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
S: (v) keep to oneself (withhold information) "I kept your little secret to myself all these years"
S: (v) deny (refuse to grant, as of a petition or request) "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
S: (v) reserve (hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency) "they held back their applause in anticipation"
S: (v) devote (set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use) "this land was devoted to mining"
S: (v) deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)
S: (v) wean, ablactate (gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk) "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
S: (v) bankrupt, ruin, break, smash (reduce to bankruptcy) "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
S: (v) recruit, levy, raise (cause to assemble or enlist in the military) "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
S: (v) unionize, unionise (recruit for a union or organize into a union) "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
S: (v) book (record a charge in a police register) "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
S: (v) ticket, fine (issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty) "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
S: (v) amerce (punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court)
S: (v) conserve, husband, economize, economise (use cautiously and frugally) "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
S: (v) retrench (tighten one's belt; use resources carefully)
S: (v) victual (lay in provisions) "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"
S: (v) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard (get or gather together) "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
S: (v) scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up (gather (money or other resources) together over time) "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
S: (v) nickel-and-dime (accumulate gradually) "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
S: (v) lump, chunk (put together indiscriminately) "lump together all the applicants"
S: (v) catch (take in and retain) "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"
S: (v) fund (accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability) "fund a medical care plan"
S: (v) fund (place or store up in a fund for accumulation)
S: (v) hive (store, like bees) "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
S: (v) store (find a place for and put away for storage) "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
S: (v) ensile (store in a silo) "ensile fodder for the cows"
S: (v) retain, hold, keep back, hold back (secure and keep for possible future use or application) "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
S: (v) prevent, keep (stop (someone or something) 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"
S: (v) observe, keep (conform one's action or practice to) "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
S: (v) observe, keep, maintain (stick to correctly or closely) "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
S: (v) keep (look after; be the keeper of; have charge of) "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
S: (v) keep, maintain (maintain by writing regular records) "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
S: (v) keep (supply with room and board) "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
S: (v) retain, continue, keep, keep on (allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature) "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
S: (v) sustain, keep, maintain (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"
S: (v) keep, stay fresh (fail to spoil or rot) "These potatoes keep for a long time"
S: (v) observe, celebrate, keep (behave as expected during of holidays or rites) "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
S: (v) keep, preserve (maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger) "May God keep you"
S: (v) keep open, hold open, keep, save (retain rights to) "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
S: (v) keep (store or keep customarily) "Where do you keep your gardening tools?"
S: (v) keep (have as a supply) "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator"
S: (v) keep, maintain (maintain for use and service) "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
S: (v) keep (hold and prevent from leaving) "The student was kept after school"
S: (v) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back (prevent the action or expression of) "hold back your anger"; "keep your cool"; "she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays"