Nouns (9)
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keep
n. a game of marbles in which the players keep the marbles they have won
hold, keep
n. a cell in a jail or prison
support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
n. 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"
Verbs (43)
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keep
v. raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees"
keep
v. hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school"
keep
v. store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?"
keep
v. 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"
keep, preserve
v. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
keep, stay fresh
v. fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
keep, maintain
v. maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
prevent, keep
v. 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"
preserve, keep
v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
keep, maintain
v. maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
observe, celebrate, keep
v. behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
keep, maintain, hold
v. 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"
restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
v. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
sustain, keep, maintain
v. 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"
observe, keep, maintain
v. stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
keep, restrain, hold back, keep back
v. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
keep, continue, retain, keep on
v. allow to remain in a place or position; "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"
keep, look after, have charge of
v. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
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Fuzzynyms (223)
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board, room
v. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
bunk
v. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
run away
v. escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
shelter
v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable
last, endure
v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
tend, be given, lean, incline, run
v. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
leave, leave alone, leave behind
v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
leave, depart, pull up stakes
v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
save, preserve
v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
conserve
v. preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
interfere
v. come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"
ban
v. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
bar
v. secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"
pause suddenly, break off
v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
straiten
v. squeeze together
forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
smoke
v. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
dry, dry out
v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
cure
v. make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
drain
v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
enfeeble, debilitate, drain
v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
obliterate, efface
v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"
deify
v. exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
exalt
v. raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
extend
v. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"
feed, give
v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
support
v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
nourish, nurture, sustain
v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
provide, supply, ply, cater
v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
finance
v. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
brandish, flourish, wave
v. move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
give
v. proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
v. render holy by means of religious rites
ritualize, ritualise
v. make or evolve into a ritual; "The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures"
hold
v. take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"
own, have, possess
v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
have, have got, hold
v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
compete, vie, contend
v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
sequester
v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
imprison
v. confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
insist, take a firm stand
v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
insist, assert
v. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
labor, labour
v. undergo the efforts of childbirth
struggle
v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
endeavor, endeavour, strive
v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"
push
v. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
continue, go on, persist in, go along
v. 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"
tolerate
v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
assert, asseverate, maintain
v. state categorically
protect
v. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
patrol, police
v. maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
shelter
v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable
help
v. contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries"
tear
v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
stick
v. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
cohere
v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"
support
v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
hold, support, sustain, hold up
v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"
travel, go, move, locomote
v. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
support, back up
v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
invade, occupy
v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
regenerate, renew
v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
suppress
v. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in
v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
make
v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
hold, support, sustain, hold up
v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"
uphold, maintain
v. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
maintain, defend
v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"
defend, support, fend for
v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
provision, purvey
v. supply with provisions
board
v. provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
feed
v. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
nourish, nurture, sustain
v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
tolerate
v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
board, room
v. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
bunk
v. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
run away
v. escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
provide, supply, ply, cater
v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
support
v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
give
v. proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
redeem, pay off
v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)
meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
v. fill or meet a want or need
reclaim, repossess
v. claim back
recover, recoup, recuperate
v. regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
find, regain
v. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
take back, repossess
v. regain possession of something
board, room
v. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
bunk
v. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
run away
v. escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
Synonyms (5)
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withhold, keep back
v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
shelve
v. place on a shelf; "shelve books"
avoid
v. refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
look
v. have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
Antonyms (28)
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lose
v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
switch, shift, change
v. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
let, allow, permit
v. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
authorize, authorise, pass, clear
v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
commit, practice
v. engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
criticize, criticise
v. act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"
foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate
v. terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"
keep
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