keep

Definitions of keep in various dictionaries:

noun - the financial means whereby one lives

noun - the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

noun - a cell in a jail or prison

verb - keep in a certain state, position, or activity

verb - continue a certain state, condition, or activity

verb - retain possession of

verb - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

verb - conform one's action or practice to

verb - stick to correctly or closely

verb - look after

verb - maintain by writing regular records

verb - supply with room and board

verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

verb - supply with necessities and support

verb - fail to spoil or rot

verb - behave as expected during of holidays or rites

verb - keep under control

verb - maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

verb - raise

verb - retain rights to

verb - store or keep customarily

verb - have as a supply

verb - maintain for use and service

verb - hold and prevent from leaving

verb - prevent (food) from rotting

To retain possession of: kept the change; must keep your equanimity.

To have as a supply: keep a cord of wood in the shed.

To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support: “There’s little to earn and many to keep” (Charles Kingsley).

To put customarily; store: Where do you keep your saw? 5.

To supply with room and board for a charge: keep boarders.

To raise: keep chickens.

To maintain for use or service: a city dweller who didn’t keep a car.

To manage, tend, or have charge of: Keep the shop while I’m away.

To preserve (food).

To cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action: attempted to keep the patient calm.

To maintain records in: keep a yearly diary.

To enter (data) in a book: keep financial records.

To detain: was kept after school.

To restrain: kept the child away from the hot stove; kept the crowd back with barriers.

To prevent or deter: tried to keep the ice from melting.

To refrain from divulging: keep a secret.

To save; reserve: keep extra money for emergencies.

To maintain: keep late hours.

To adhere to; fulfill: keep one’s word; keep a busy schedule.

To celebrate; observe.

To remain in a state or condition; stay: keep in line; keep quiet; kept well.

To continue to do: keep on talking; keep guessing.

To remain fresh or unspoiled: The dessert won’t keep.

Care; charge: The child is in my keep for the day.

The means by which one is supported: earn one’s keep.

The stronghold of a castle.

A jail.

To maintain in good condition: kept up the property.

To persevere in; carry on: We asked her to stop talking, but she kept up.

To continue at the same level or pace.

To match one’s competitors, colleagues, or neighbors in success or lifestyle: unsuccessfully tried to keep up with his associates.

For an indefinitely long period: gave the ring to me for keeps.

To stay out of trouble.

To indicate the correct time.

To maintain the tempo or rhythm.

To shun the company of others: She kept to herself all morning.

These verb s mean to have and maintain in one’s possession or control.

adj - to continue to possess [v KEPT, KEEPING, KEEPS] : KEEPABLE

KEEP - A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have d...