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PROPUP |
Keep from falling |
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UPHOLD |
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from
falling; to maintain. |
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STAND |
To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude;
to keep from falling into error or vice. |
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BEDPOST |
Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep
the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. |
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STEADY |
To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling,
or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant,
regular, or resolute. |
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SUSTAIN |
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support;
as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load;
a rope sustains a weight. |
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BALANCE |
To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling;
as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a
tight rope. |
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HOLD |
..., or
relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling
or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain... |
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SUPPORT |
To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to
uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear
the weight of; as, a p... |
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PRESERVE |
Keep from decaying |
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PROPSUP |
Keeps from falling |
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AVOID |
Keep from occurring |
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PREVENT |
Keep from occurring |
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SHUN |
Keep away from |
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RAIN |
Water falling from clouds |
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STEER CLEAR |
Keep away from bullock net |
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PROCIDUOUS |
Falling from its proper place. |
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SHOREUP |
Support(something) to protect it from falling |
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DETAIN |
To keep back or from; to withhold. |
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RESPITE |
To keep back from execution; to reprieve. |
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FURFURATION |
Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation. |