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   Kaaba
         n 1: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like
               a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine;
               believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims
               turn in its direction when praying [syn: {Kaaba}, {Caaba}]

English Dictionary: keep	by the DICT Development Group
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kaffiyeh n an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal
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kaph n the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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kappa n the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
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kava n an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub Synonym(s): kava, kavakava
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kb n a unit of information equal to 1000 bits [syn: kilobit, kbit, kb] a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes Synonym(s): kilobyte, K, KB, kB a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes Synonym(s): kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiB
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KBO n any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system Synonym(s): Kuiper belt object, KBO
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Keb n Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis [syn: Geb, Keb]
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keep 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" Synonym(s): support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress Synonym(s): keep, donjon, dungeon a cell in a jail or prison Synonym(s): hold, keep 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" Synonym(s): keep, maintain, hold 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" Synonym(s): continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep Antonym(s): discontinue retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" Synonym(s): keep, hold on Antonym(s): lose 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" Synonym(s): prevent, keep Antonym(s): allow, let, permit conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract" Synonym(s): observe, keep Antonym(s): breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" Synonym(s): observe, keep, maintain look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" Synonym(s): keep, maintain supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders" 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" Synonym(s): retain, continue, keep, keep on 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" Synonym(s): sustain, keep, maintain fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time" Synonym(s): keep, stay fresh behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" Synonym(s): observe, celebrate, keep keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" Synonym(s): restrain, keep, keep back, hold back maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" Synonym(s): keep, preserve raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" Synonym(s): keep open, hold open, keep, save store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" 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" maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" Synonym(s): keep, maintain hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school" prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" Synonym(s): preserve, keep
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keep away v prevent from coming close; "I tried to keep the child away from the pool"
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kepi n a cap with a flat circular top and a visor [syn: kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap]
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KGB n formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia Synonym(s): Committee for State Security, KGB, Soviet KGB
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Khufu n Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza Synonym(s): Cheops, Khufu
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KiB n a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes [syn: kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiB]
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kibe n ulcerated chilblain on the heel
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Kiev n capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center Synonym(s): Kyyiv, Kiev, capital of the Ukraine
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kip n sleep; "roused him from his kip" the basic unit of money in Laos a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright Synonym(s): kip, upstart v be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] Antonym(s): wake
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Kivu n a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda Synonym(s): Kivu, Lake Kivu
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kob n an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa [syn: kob, Kobus kob]
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Kobe n a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995
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kobo n 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria
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koppie n a small hill rising up from the African veld [syn: kopje, koppie]
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KP n an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks Synonym(s): kitchen police, KP
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kph n the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) Synonym(s): kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, kph, km/h
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Kuvi n a Dravidian language spoken in southeast India
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kV n a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts [syn: kilovolt, kV]
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Kyyiv n capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center Synonym(s): Kyyiv, Kiev, capital of the Ukraine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Caaba \[d8]Caa"ba\ (k[adot][amac]"b[adot]), n. [Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also {kaaba}.] Note: The Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tapa \[d8]Ta"pa\, n. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also {kapa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kapia \Ka"pi*a\, n. [Native name.] (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kava \Ka"va\, n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of {Macropiper} ({M. methysticum}), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also {kawa}, {kava}, and {ava}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kava \Ka"va\, n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of {Macropiper} ({M. methysticum}), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also {kawa}, {kava}, and {ava}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [c6], Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st {In-}, {Inn}.] The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used: 1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air. The babe lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 16. Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude. --Gibbon. Matter for censure in every page. --Macaulay. 2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. [bd]Fettered in amorous chains.[b8] --Shak. Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils. --Shelley. 3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army. Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry. --Swift. 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? --Shak. 5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. [bd]In sight of God's high throne.[b8] --Milton. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. --Cowper. 6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God. He would not plunge his brother in despair. --Addison. She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. --Fielding. 7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life. {In as much as}, [or] {Inasmuch as}, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See {Synonym} of {Because}, and cf. {For as much as}, under {For}, prep. {In that}, because; for the reason that. [bd]Some things they do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.[b8] --Hooker. {In the name of}, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like. {To be in for it}. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] {To be} ([or] {keep}) {in with}. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.] Syn: Into; within; on; at. See {At}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keep \Keep\, n. 1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. --Chaucer. Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. --Spenser. 2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep. 3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse. Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle. I performed some services to the college in return for my keep. --T. Hughes. 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 donjon. See Illust. of {Castle}. The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive knights were laid. --Dryden. The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam. 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. 5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.] Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring. --Spenser. 6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place. {To take keep}, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keep \Keep\ (k[emac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[?]pen, AS. c[?]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer. 2. 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. If we lose the field, We can not keep the town. --Shak. That I may know what keeps me here with you. --Dryden. If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are considering, that would instruct us. --Locke. 3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor. His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton. Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on. --Addison. Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from, to keep in, out, or off, etc. [bd]To keep off impertinence and solicitation from his superior.[b8] --Addison. 4. To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles. 5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard. Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen. xxviii. 15. 6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret. Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man. --Milton. 7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen. ii. 15. In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book. 9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store. Like a pedant that keeps a school. --Shak. Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward. 10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders. 11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc. I keep but three men and a boy. --Shak. 12. To have habitually in stock for sale. 13. 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. Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak. Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett. 14. 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. I have kept the faith. --2 Tim. iv. 7. Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command. --Milton. 15. 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. --Shak. 'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. --J. Fletcher. 16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast. I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that kept holyday. --Ps. xlii. 4. {To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n. {To keep back}. (a) To reserve; to withhold. [bd]I will keep nothing back from you.[b8] --Jer. xlii. 4. (b) To restrain; to hold back. [bd]Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.[b8] --Ps. xix. 13. {To keep company with}. (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as, let youth keep company with the wise and good. (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] {To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n. {To keep down}. (a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder. (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may not be diverted from the more important parts of the work. {To keep good} ([or] {bad}) {hours}, to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- {To keep house}. (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs. (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors. -- {To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice. -- {To keep open house}, to be hospitable. -- {To keep the peace} (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- {To keep school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor. -- {To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up one's courage. [Slang] -- {To keep term}. (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term. (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. {To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n. {To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress. {To keep up}. (a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit. (b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing. [bd]In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it.[b8] --Locke. Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain; maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}. Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is often used where retain or preserve would too much restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain denotes that we keep or hold things, as against influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit; to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune. Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve appearances.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keep \Keep\, v. i. 1. 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. 2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired. If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep. --Mortimer. 3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused except locally or colloquially.] Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps. --Shak. 4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.] Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us. --Tyndale. 5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.] {To keep from}, to abstain or refrain from. {To keep in with}, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in with an opponent. {To keep on}, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. {To keep to}, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. {To keep up}, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [c6], Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st {In-}, {Inn}.] The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used: 1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air. The babe lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 16. Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude. --Gibbon. Matter for censure in every page. --Macaulay. 2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. [bd]Fettered in amorous chains.[b8] --Shak. Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils. --Shelley. 3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army. Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry. --Swift. 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? --Shak. 5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. [bd]In sight of God's high throne.[b8] --Milton. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. --Cowper. 6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God. He would not plunge his brother in despair. --Addison. She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. --Fielding. 7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life. {In as much as}, [or] {Inasmuch as}, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See {Synonym} of {Because}, and cf. {For as much as}, under {For}, prep. {In that}, because; for the reason that. [bd]Some things they do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.[b8] --Hooker. {In the name of}, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like. {To be in for it}. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] {To be} ([or] {keep}) {in with}. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.] Syn: Into; within; on; at. See {At}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keep \Keep\, n. 1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. --Chaucer. Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. --Spenser. 2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep. 3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse. Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle. I performed some services to the college in return for my keep. --T. Hughes. 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 donjon. See Illust. of {Castle}. The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive knights were laid. --Dryden. The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam. 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. 5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.] Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring. --Spenser. 6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place. {To take keep}, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keep \Keep\ (k[emac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[?]pen, AS. c[?]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer. 2. 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. If we lose the field, We can not keep the town. --Shak. That I may know what keeps me here with you. --Dryden. If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are considering, that would instruct us. --Locke. 3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor. His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton. Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on. --Addison. Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from, to keep in, out, or off, etc. [bd]To keep off impertinence and solicitation from his superior.[b8] --Addison. 4. To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles. 5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard. Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen. xxviii. 15. 6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret. Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man. --Milton. 7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen. ii. 15. In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book. 9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store. Like a pedant that keeps a school. --Shak. Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward. 10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders. 11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc. I keep but three men and a boy. --Shak. 12. To have habitually in stock for sale. 13. 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. Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak. Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett. 14. 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. I have kept the faith. --2 Tim. iv. 7. Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command. --Milton. 15. 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. --Shak. 'Tis hallowed ground; Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. --J. Fletcher. 16. To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast. I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that kept holyday. --Ps. xlii. 4. {To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n. {To keep back}. (a) To reserve; to withhold. [bd]I will keep nothing back from you.[b8] --Jer. xlii. 4. (b) To restrain; to hold back. [bd]Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.[b8] --Ps. xix. 13. {To keep company with}. (a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as, let youth keep company with the wise and good. (b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] {To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n. {To keep down}. (a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder. (b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may not be diverted from the more important parts of the work. {To keep good} ([or] {bad}) {hours}, to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest. -- {To keep house}. (a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to manage domestic affairs. (b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors. -- {To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice. -- {To keep open house}, to be hospitable. -- {To keep the peace} (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of the peace. -- {To keep school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor. -- {To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up one's courage. [Slang] -- {To keep term}. (a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term. (b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. {To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n. {To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress. {To keep up}. (a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution; as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's credit. (b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing. [bd]In joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire to continue it.[b8] --Locke. Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain; maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}. Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is often used where retain or preserve would too much restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain denotes that we keep or hold things, as against influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit; to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune. Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve appearances.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keep \Keep\, v. i. 1. 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. 2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired. If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep. --Mortimer. 3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused except locally or colloquially.] Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps. --Shak. 4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.] Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us. --Tyndale. 5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.] {To keep from}, to abstain or refrain from. {To keep in with}, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in with an opponent. {To keep on}, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. {To keep to}, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. {To keep up}, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keeve \Keeve\, n. [AS. c[?]f, fr. L. cupa a tub, cask; also, F. cuve. Cf. {Kive}, {Coop}.] 1. (Brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. --Ure. 2. (Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier. 3. (Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keeve \Keeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keeved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeving}.] 1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation. 2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kier \Kier\, n. [Icel. ker a tub.] (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called {keeve}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keeve \Keeve\, n. [AS. c[?]f, fr. L. cupa a tub, cask; also, F. cuve. Cf. {Kive}, {Coop}.] 1. (Brewing) A vat or tub in which the mash is made; a mash tub. --Ure. 2. (Bleaching) A bleaching vat; a kier. 3. (Mining) A large vat used in dressing ores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Keeve \Keeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keeved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeving}.] 1. To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation. 2. To heave; to tilt, as a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kier \Kier\, n. [Icel. ker a tub.] (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called {keeve}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kepi \Kep"i\, n. [F. k[82]pi, of G. origin.] A military cap having a close-fitting band, a round flat top sloping toward the front, and a visor. As originally worn by the French in Algeria about 1830 it was tall and stiff with a straight visor. It is now lower, has a curved visor, and is frequently soft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kibe \Kibe\, n. [W. cib + gwst pain, sickness.] A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain. [bd]He galls his kibe.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kiby \Kib"y\, a. Affected with kibes. --Skelton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kieve \Kieve\, n. See {Keeve}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kip \Kip\, n. The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin. {Kip leather.} See {Kipskin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kip \Kip\, n. [Cf. G. kippe.] 1. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. [Scot.] 2. (Gymnastics) A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipe \Kipe\, n. [Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch. Cf. {Kipper}.] An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kiva \Ki"va\, n. [Hopi name, sacred chamber.] A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kive \Kive\, n. A mash vat. See {Keeve}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kob \Kob\, Koba \Ko"ba\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus {Kobus}, esp. the species {Kobus sing-sing}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kob \Kob\, Koba \Ko"ba\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus {Kobus}, esp. the species {Kobus sing-sing}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Koff \Koff\, n. [D. kof.] A two-masted Dutch vessel.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kapaa, HI (CDP, FIPS 28850) Location: 22.09731 N, 159.35398 W Population (1990): 8149 (2736 housing units) Area: 25.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96746
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Kapaau, HI (CDP, FIPS 29000) Location: 20.23067 N, 155.81086 W Population (1990): 1083 (393 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96755
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kappa, IL (village, FIPS 39038) Location: 40.67479 N, 89.00817 W Population (1990): 134 (59 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Keavy, KY Zip code(s): 40737
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Keyapaha, SD Zip code(s): 57545
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Kief, ND (city, FIPS 42660) Location: 47.86053 N, 100.51255 W Population (1990): 24 (21 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58747
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
KIBO /ki:'boh/ 1. [acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out. A summary of what happens whenever valid data is passed through an organization (or person) that deliberately or accidentally disregards or ignores its significance. Consider, for example, what an advertising campaign can do with a product's actual specifications. Compare {GIGO}; see also {SNAFU principle}. 2. James Parry , a Usenetter infamous for various surrealist net.pranks and an uncanny, machine-assisted knack for joining any thread in which his nom de guerre is mentioned. He has a website at `http://www.kibo.com/'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
KAP Kernel Andorra Prolog. The predecessor of {AKL}. ["Kernel Andorra Prolog and its Computation Model", S. Haridi et al, in Logic Programming: Proc 7th Intl Conf, MIT Press 1990]. (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
KB {kilobyte}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Kevo A {prototype}-based {object-oriented} language written for {Macintosh} by Antero Taivalsaari at UTA, Finland. Kevo is built around a {threaded code} {interpreter} and features a unique prototype-based {object} model (which is based neither on {classes} nor {Self}-style {delegation}), {pre-emptive multitasking}, {cooperative multitasking}, dynamic {memory management}, an icon-based {object browser} and editor modelled loosely after Mac {Finder}. Kevo's {syntax} is close to {Forth} and its {semantics} resembles {Self} and {Omega}. Current version: 0.9b6. {(ftp://cs.uta.fi/pub/kevo/)}. E-mail: . [TR DCS-197-19, U Victoria, June 1992]. (1993-05-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
KIBO /ki:'boh/ 1. [acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out. A summary of what happens whenever valid data is passed through an organisation (or person) that deliberately or accidentally disregards or ignores its significance. Consider, for example, what an advertising campaign can do with a product's actual specifications. Compare {GIGO}; see also {SNAFU principle}. 2. James Parry , a {Usenet}ter infamous for various surrealist net.pranks and an uncanny, machine-assisted knack for joining any thread in which his nom de guerre is mentioned. {Home (http://www.kibo.com/)}. [{Jargon File}] (2003-05-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
kp The {country code} for North Korea. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
KUIP {Kernel User Interface Package}