Keep and Running

Keep

Keep noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.

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

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Running noun - The act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something.

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Keep and running are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead the word "Running" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: run, runner

human	human keep	human running
old	old keep	old running
good	good keep	good running
better	better keep	better running
Other adjectives: normal, typical, complete, original, proper, single, open, small, powerful, actual, slight, black, cute, dramatic, extra, longest.

One episode of Stargate SG-1 featured a world in which one caste of people were forced to work underground running huge machines in order to keep their world habitable.

Source: First Time in the Sun
However, to keep the office running (and to keep Doggett from dismissing the work outright), she is forced to take on Mulder's role in his absence.

Source: Series / The X-Files
In Adventure Time, Goliad picks up this philosophy after spending one day at a daycare and seeing force work where diplomacy fails to keep the children from running amok.

Source: The Social Darwinist aka: Social Darwinist

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