upkeep
         n 1: activity involved in maintaining something in good working
               order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: {care},
               {maintenance}, {upkeep}]
         2: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of
            subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was
            their main sustainment" [syn: {sustenance}, {sustentation},
            {sustainment}, {maintenance}, {upkeep}]

English Dictionary: upkeep	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upgive \Up*give"\, v. t.       To give up or out. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uphasp \Up*hasp"\, v. t.       To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes.       [R.] --Stanyhurst.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upkeep \Up"keep`\, n.       The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance. [bd]Horse       artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep.[b8] --Scribner's       Mag.                   Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings. --A.                                                                               R. Colquhoun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upskip \Up*skip`\, n.       An upstart. [Obs.] --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upspear \Up*spear"\, v. i.       To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.]       --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upspring \Up*spring"\, v. i.       To spring up. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upspring \Up"spring`\, n.       1. An upstart. [Obs.] [bd]The swaggering upspring.[b8]             --Shak.          2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upspurner \Up"spurn`er\, n.       A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [Obs.] --Joye.