Cases of word usage

1) to keep or lead away a person unlawfully, especially by force (abduct)

2) a person whose profession is to keep and examine business accounts (accountant)

3) a thick jacket with a hood, worn to keep out rain, wind and cold (anorak)

4) to keep away from (something) (avoid)

5) heavy material (e.g. rock, iron, sand, water) put into a ship to keep it steady or used to make a road or a railway (ballast)

6) a long wooden board as used to keep other boards in place (batten)

7) an agreement that a person must keep to, especially one that has force in law; the document containing such an agreement (bond)

8) a long pole used to keep the bottom of a sail stretched out (boom)

9) the power to float or keep things floating (buoyancy)

10) able to float or to keep things floating (buoyant)