• to guard, to herd, to keep, kept, to shepherd, to tend
• custody, safekeeping, surveillance, trust
• to be on one's guard, to shun, to stand on one's guard
• leather and skin industry, leather-work
• to preserve, to retain, to safeguard
• to audit, to check, to check up, to control, to follow up, to inspect, to monitor, to oversee, oversaw, overseen, to sift, to stand over, to superintend, to supervise, to survey, to tally, to test, to try, to verify, to vet
• soaking wet, wet to the skin