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keep

How to sign: celebrate, as of holidays or rites
"Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur";

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observe in ASL Watch how to sign observe in American Sign Language
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Celebrate in ASL Watch how to sign Celebrate in American Sign Language
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observe in ASL Watch how to sign observe in American Sign Language
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keep in ASL Watch how to sign keep in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: celebrate, observe

Within this category: commemorate, mourn, solemnize

keep

How to sign: keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool";

Hold Back in ASL Watch how to sign Hold Back in American Sign Language
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Restrain in ASL Watch how to sign Restrain in American Sign Language
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restrain in ASL Watch how to sign restrain in American Sign Language
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keep back in ASL Watch how to sign keep back in American Sign Language
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restrain in ASL Watch how to sign restrain in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: restrain, keep back, hold back, suppress

Categories: keep, prevent

Within this category: bottle up, confine, control, hold, quench

keep

How to sign: 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";

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See also: hold back, survive, keep off, keep in, keep apart, stay off, keep out, delay, keep down, live on, sustain, stand firm, shut out, keep up, sequestrate, keep off, resist, last, hold out, exclude, set apart, arrest, prolong, withstand, keep up, hold over, shut, hold up, endure, live, isolate, detain, turn back, avoid, hold up, hold out, sequester, number, contain, stop, go, check

Similiar / Same: maintain, hold

Within this category: conserve, continue, distance, hold over, housekeep, preserve, pressurize

keep

How to sign: 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";

livelihood in ASL Watch how to sign livelihood in American Sign Language
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bread and butter in ASL Watch how to sign bread and butter in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance, living, support

Categories: resource

Within this category: comforts, maintenance, meal ticket, subsistence

keep

How to sign: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

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Similiar / Same: donjon, dungeon

Categories: fastness, stronghold

Within this category: Black Hole of Calcutta

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