Synset:continue keep retain
Examples:
- We cannot continue several servants any longer
- She retains a lawyer
- The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff
- Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on
- We kept the work going as long as we could
- She retained her composure
- this garment retains its shape even after many washings
Derivationally Related Form:continuation
Hypernyms:keep up prolong sustain
Inherited Hypernyms:retainprolongcontinuekeep
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody