[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

keep \keep\, n.
   1. the act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed;
      charge. --chaucer.
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            pan, thou god of shepherds all,
            which of our tender lambkins takest keep. --spenser.
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   2. the state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition;
      case; as, to be in good keep.
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   3. the means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance;
      support; as, the keep of a horse.
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            grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --carlyle.
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            i performed some services to the college in return
            for my keep.                          --t. hughes.
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   4. 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.
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            the prison strong,
            within whose keep the captive knights were laid.
                                                  --dryden.
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            the lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --hallam.
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            i think . . . the keep, or principal part of a
            castle, was so called because the lord and his
            domestic circle kept, abode, or lived there. --m. a.
                                                  lower.
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   5. that which is kept in charge; a charge. obs.
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            often he used of his keep
            a sacrifice to bring.                 --spenser.
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   6. mach. a cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in
      place.
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   to take keep, to take care; to heed. obs. --chaucer.
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see also:
castle to take keep 

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