maintain
Other forms: maintained; maintaining; maintains
Maintain means to keep the same––keep steady, keep up, or keep going. Sure, you can ride your bike super fast on a flat surface, but it can be hard to maintain that speed, or keep the same speed, going up a hill.
When you maintain a strict study schedule, you stick to it. When you maintain your car in good working order, you take good care of it. If you maintain records of your business activity, it means you make notes of your sales and expenses. If a teacher maintains order in the classroom, she never lets disruptions get out of hand. If you maintain your family, you keep them in food, shelter and clothing. If you maintain that eating animals is cruel, you keep that position.
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keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"
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pressurise, pressurize
maintain a certain pressure
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bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
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hold over
keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
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conserve
keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
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preserve
keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
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distance
keep at a distance
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housekeep
maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
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re-start, restart, resume
take up or begin anew
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hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist
be persistent, refuse to stop
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perpetuate
cause to continue or prevail
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keep up, prolong, sustain
lengthen or extend in duration or space
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mummify
preserve while making lifeless
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keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
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embalm
preserve a dead body
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plastinate
preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes
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hold the line
hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
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mummify
remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
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keep
look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
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supply with necessities and support
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have and exercise
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stick to correctly or closely
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state or assert
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state categorically
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synonyms:
assert, asseverate
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allege, aver, say
report or maintain
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predicate, proclaim
affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
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plead
make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
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type of:
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insist, take a firm stand
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
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allege, aver, say
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maintain for use and service
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maintain by writing regular records
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support against an opponent
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In this sequel to Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, the new owner of Redwood Farm, twelve-year-old Sophia Mariposa Brown, awards certificates to her special flock, but she still must pass an official inspection.
Sixth-graders Topher Renn, Brand Walker, and Steve Sakata of Fox Ridge Elementary School learn that their favorite teacher must take a leave of absence because of her health, so they make arrangements to give her the perfect last day that she had described during a writing lesson.
Lotus Bloom, a seventh-grade girl who loves the vintage style of the 1970s, learns to speak up and fight for the freedom of expression after facing a dress code violation at school.
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