Keep and Pick

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Pick and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.

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Keep and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Pick".

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

good	good keep	good pick
valuable	valuable keep	valuable pick
full	full keep	full pick
best	best keep	best pick
Other adjectives: better, typical, regular, original, straight, single, small, powerful, great, personal, worst, eponymous.

character	keep character	pick character
people	keep people	pick people
word	keep word	pick word
name	keep name	pick name
Other words: someone, number, team, time, way, characters, game, story, items, names, weapons.

The Forest Maze has mushrooms strewn about, some of which you can pick and keep as a curative item while others were Amanitas in disguise that spring to life and attack when you get close.

Source: Chest Monster
Stop after any safe pick and keep the money, or reach the $2,000 goal to have your bonus winnings increased to $5,000.

Source: Series / Break the Bank (1976)
The sequels let you keep it or any other melee weapon you pick up instead of just dropping it, though you can only keep one melee weapon at a time.

Source: Video Game / Dark Castle

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