The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
To remain edible or otherwise usable.
To remain in a state.
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
To raise; to care for.
To have habitually in stock for sale.
To act as wicket-keeper.
To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
To restrain.
To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
To maintain possession of.
To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
To continue.
The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
Verbal nonsense.
Decaying matter.
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
To decline in function or utility.
To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.