Vi fant 16 definisjoner av maintain på engelsk.
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| maintain - state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" | ||
| defend | ||
| affirm to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" | ||
| vindicate clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel" | ||
| maintain - 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" | ||
| keep, hold | ||
| arrest, turn back, contain, hold back, stop, check turn inside out or upside down | ||
| stand firm, withstand, hold out, resist wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses" | ||
| hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him" | ||
| live on, last, survive, hold out, endure, hold up, live, go persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" | ||
| detain, delay, hold up cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" | ||
| keep in cause to stay indoors | ||
| shut out, keep out, shut, exclude remain outside | ||
| keep off, avoid refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises" | ||
| prolong, keep up, sustain lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" | ||
| stay off, keep off refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises" | ||
| keep down, number manage not to throw up | ||
| keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" | ||
| keep up prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam" | ||
| pressurise, pressurize increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" | ||
| uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve, continue stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | ||
| hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him" | ||
| conserve preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" | ||
| preserve prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" | ||
| distance keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" | ||
| housekeep maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household | ||
| maintain - keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" | ||
| conserve, preserve, keep up | ||
| keep maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" | ||
| embalm preserve a dead body | ||
| plastinate preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes; "The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students" | ||
| hold the line hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant | ||
| maintain - 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" | ||
| sustain, keep | ||
| have got, have, hold suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| patronage support by being a patron of | ||
| reseed maintain by seeding without human intervention; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely" | ||
| carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| maintain - state categorically | ||
| assert, asseverate | ||
| take a firm stand, insist assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" | ||
| allege, aver, say report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" | ||
| predicate, proclaim affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" | ||
| maintain - stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" | ||
| observe, keep | ||
| maintain - support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" | ||
| uphold | ||
| reassert, confirm make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" | ||
| vindicate, justify clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel" | ||
| maintain - maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" | ||
| keep | ||
| record, put down, enter register electronically; "They recorded her singing" | ||
| maintain - maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" | ||
| keep | ||
| have got, have, hold suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| maintain - have and exercise; "wield power and authority" | ||
| wield, exert | ||
| have got, have, hold suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
