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keep English

Meaning keep meaning

What does keep mean?
Definitions in simple English

keep Verb

— When you keep something for someone, you make something safe. I will keep your money for you. — When you keep something, you do not give it back. Keep the change. — When you keep safe, happy, quiet, etc, you stay that way. Keep quiet.

keep Noun

— A keep is a special safe area of a castle. The king lived in the keep during the battle.

keep

— verb (= hold) keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g keep clean hold in place She always held herself as a lady The students keep me on my toes — verb (= continue, go on) continue a certain state, condition, or activity Keep on working! We continued to work into the night Keep smiling We went on working until well past midnight — verb retain possession of Can I keep my old stuffed animals? She kept her maiden name after she married — verb (= prevent) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state We must prevent the cancer from spreading His snoring kept me from falling asleep Keep the child from eating the marbles — verb conform one's action or practice to keep appointments she never keeps her promises We kept to the original conditions of the contract — verb stick to correctly or closely The pianist kept time with the metronome keep count I cannot keep track of all my employees — verb look after; be the keeper of; have charge of He keeps the shop when I am gone — verb (= maintain) maintain by writing regular records keep a diary maintain a record keep notes — verb supply with room and board He is keeping three women in the guest cottage keep boarders — verb (= sustain) supply with necessities and support She alone sustained her family The money will sustain our good cause There's little to earn and many to keep — verb (= retain, continue) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature 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 — verb fail to spoil or rot These potatoes keep for a long time — verb keep under control; keep in check suppress a smile Keep your temper keep your cool — verb (= observe, celebrate) behave as expected during of holidays or rites Keep the commandments celebrate Christmas Observe Yom Kippur — verb maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger May God keep you — verb raise She keeps a few chickens in the yard he keeps bees — verb (= maintain) maintain for use and service I keep a car in the countryside She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips — verb have as a supply I always keep batteries in the freezer keep food for a week in the pantry She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator — verb store or keep customarily Where do you keep your gardening tools? — verb hold and prevent from leaving The student was kept after school — noun the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress — noun (= hold) a cell in a jail or prison — noun (= support, livelihood, living) the financial means whereby one lives each child was expected to pay for their keep he applied to the state for support he could no longer earn his own livelihood — verb (= preserve) prevent (food) from rotting preserved meats keep potatoes fresh — verb (= keep open) retain rights to keep my job for me while I give birth keep my seat, please keep open the possibility of a merger

Synonyms keep synonyms

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keep English » English

preserve hold maintain save retain observe protect store conserve stay guard continue remain rear support look after take care of reserve raise put have breed abide watch over tend sustain perform detain achieve accomplish watch take charge of prevent go on celebrate put away persist mind last keep up hold on keep on endure collect uphold sustenance safeguard rescue proceed place

Topics keep topics

What do people use keep to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See

Watch
States Time

Continue, persevere
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Protect
Physical actions Have, be with

Keep something
Language and thought Communication Say

Promise
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Fort
Physical actions Move Pursue

Prevent from moving
States Big Distance

Far
States Time Relative time Right time

Delay
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Happy

Calm
States Quantity

Count
Person Body condition

Strong
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Say nothing
Language and thought Communication Say Speak with others

Contact
Social behavior Behavior Honest

Reliable
Physical actions Move Accompany

Follow
Physical actions Arrange Gather

Separate, scatter
States Quality Good Decay

Preserve
Universe, creation Sky

Weather
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Quiet
Person Body condition

Tired
Person

Life
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Person Life Die

Life after death
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Alert
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined
Language and thought Want Influence

Control
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Prevent
Language and thought

Emotion
Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Repeat
Language and thought Communication Say Ask

Hide your thoughts
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Record
Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone
Social behavior Social activity Music

Play music
Social behavior Social activity Music

Sing
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Exercise
Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky
Social behavior Conflict

War
Social behavior Conflict

Peace
Social behavior Conflict Peace

Make peace
Daily life Sleep

Go to sleep
Daily life

Manage a house
Work and occupation Finance Accumulate wealth

Earn
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Steady, unsteady

Balance
Physical actions Move Move in a direction Move down

Fall
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
States Big Thick

Thin person
States Big Distance

Near
States Time

Telling time
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Tense and aspect

Aspect--dynamic verbs

Conjugation keep conjugation

How do you conjugate keep?

keep · verb

Examples keep examples

How do I use keep in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You must keep your room clean.
You can trust him to keep his word.
Don't keep me waiting here like this.
It occurred to me that I should keep the news to myself.
If you keep on drinking like that, you'll get sick.
Keep it at a lower temperature.
Stand still and keep silent.
You shouldn't keep them waiting so long.
It's useless to keep on thinking any more.
My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!
If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him.
In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.
I don't have the strength to keep trying.
If you don't want to stay alone, I can keep you company.
Can you keep a secret?
Do you keep a diary?
You may as well keep it a secret.

Movie subtitles

If she doesn't know, you can just keep telling her.
It's enough if I just keep a low profile.
Then we should keep the experimental adapted organism here?
No matter how hot you get at night, keep your windows closed.
Keep you word and then we'll also throw in a set of steak knives!
Keep the lights off, and the windows closed!
Everywhere we go, people keep talking about General Koni, and how he'll kill them.
You keep your mouth shut!
It's possible that life elsewhere in the universe can thrive with other liquids, not just water, and so we have to keep our eyes open.
And as we continue investigating the clues to this cosmic mystery, we have to remember to keep an open mind.
And you can keep his bed.
Let's just keep moving.
Just keep your promise.
Just keep your promise with me.
You won't live long if you keep this up.
I'm discouraged, Doctor. They keep dying.
It's a ruse. They'll keep fighting.
Go to him. Try to get in his good graces and keep me apprised each week.
The French didn't keep their word.
Past enemies can turn into future friends if they keep a pure heart.
Abdelkader and I only wished to go to the Mecca, but the French didn't keep their word and kept him prisoner.
Try to get some information out of him and keep me apprized.
You sound like those colonialists I keep meeting here in Algiers!
As a show of faith, I'll let you keep your sword and horse, but I'll take care of your son.
Very well. Let's see if they keep their word.
The demand is so crazy, I can barely keep up.
We spend all of our time trying to keep one step ahead of all the teachers.
It's a risky business, but they get paid a lot of money to take that risk. Keep moving, keep moving.
Keep 'em up!
Keep up the good work, kid. Hey, man, yo, uh, right here.
We should go en masse and demand to speak to whoever's in charge and make them understand they can't just keep us here.
How long do they usually keep people in here for?
Keep walking.
Please don't ask if you can keep the money.
How do we keep in touch?
They want to try to keep the relationship going as much as they can, but they know that it's going to be tricky because Allison's situation with her family. The Argents hunt werewolves.
I think I'm finally getting why you keep refusing me, Scott. You're not an omega.

News and current affairs

The rise of right-wing populism reflects revived yearnings for pure national communities that keep immigrants and minorities out.
My hosts replied that they needed to keep up with China.
The world's advice givers might try to keep this in mind when offering to help leaders of distant countries that are grappling with problems with which the adviser has little or no first-hand experience.
It would give developing nations a strong incentive to accept mandatory quotas, because if they can keep their per capita emissions low, they will have excess emissions rights to sell to the industrialized nations.
But the Germans, undaunted by it all, simply keep celebrating one great soccer party with their newfound friends from all over the world.
A team that is unable to keep going at full speed for the full 90 (or more) minutes, switch from defense to offense quickly with the whole team, and maintain control of the ball to restrict their opponents' movements won't stand much of a chance.
Soldiers cannot keep peace among desperately hungry people.
Yet closing the plant proves that we keep our promises.
When coral populations decline in the aftermath of cyclones, diseases, and other disturbances, it is the herbivores that keep seaweed in check, and allow coral populations to recover.
Second, we must restore coral reefs' capacity to cope with environmental change--their resilience--by protecting the fish stocks that keep seaweed in check, and thereby facilitate the recovery of coral populations from bleaching.
Third, foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds may be keen to keep buying up euros to hedge against risks to the US and their own economies.
He also testified that tax cuts are better than spending increases to keep surpluses from growing too large, but that uncertainty is enormous, so that any tax cuts should be canceled if they threatened to bring us back to an age of deficits.
The banks, having been recapitalized only to the extent necessary to keep them afloat, still have weak balance sheets.
For Murray, it is that social insurance means that behaving badly does not lead to catastrophe - and we need bad behavior to lead to catastrophe in order to keep people from behaving badly.
The Japan Investment Bank's decision to invest in port development in Burma - essential if the economy, too, is to be opened - is one positive sign that the world will keep pace with Thein Sein step for step.
But this must be accompanied by measures to keep all Latin American countries on board.
In the face of these undeniable facts, the path chosen by the IMF and the World Bank was, at best, a mark of their incompetence and, at worst, a deliberate ploy to keep the sub-Saharan countries and their populations in bondage.
However, many of these plants are unable to keep up with rapid population growth and attendant increases in demand.
Usually France likes to keep its options open.
In part, the UN team wanted to keep humanitarian assistance lines open.
Madi's earnings help him keep his children in school, even at the height of the cotton harvest.
So the countries that benefit from this largesse have a responsibility to speak up for the constituents who help keep their economies afloat.
They need help - and society needs to keep guns out of their reach.
America and Europe will keep their high living standards only by basing their competitiveness on advanced skills, cutting-edge technologies, and modern infrastructure.

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