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Keep
English
- 🔊 the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- 🔊 a cell in a jail or prison
- 🔊 the financial means whereby one lives“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
- 🔊 maintain by writing regular records“keep a diary”
- 🔊 hold and prevent from leaving“The student was kept after school”
- 🔊 retain possession of“Can I keep my old stuffed animals?”
- 🔊 look after“He keeps the shop when I am gone”
- 🔊 maintain for use and service“I keep a car in the countryside”
- 🔊 have as a supply“I always keep batteries in the freezer”
- 🔊 store or keep customarily“Where do you keep your gardening tools?”
- 🔊 supply with room and board“He is keeping three women in the guest cottage”
- 🔊 raise“She keeps a few chickens in the yard”
- 🔊 cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity“hold in place”
- 🔊 maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger“May God keep you”
- 🔊 fail to spoil or rot“These potatoes keep for a long time”
- 🔊 prevent (food) from rotting“preserved meats”
- 🔊 prevent the action or expression of“hold back your anger”
- 🔊 stick to correctly or closely“The pianist kept time with the metronome”
- 🔊 supply with necessities and support“She alone sustained her family”
- 🔊 stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state“We must prevent the cancer from spreading”
- 🔊 conform one's action or practice to“keep appointments”
- 🔊 retain rights to“keep my job for me while I give birth”
- 🔊 allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature“We cannot continue several servants any longer”
- 🔊 behave as expected during of holidays or rites“Keep the commandments”
- 🔊 continue a certain state, condition, or activity“Keep on working!”
Spanish
- 🔊 guardar to keep
- 🔊 mantener to keep
- 🔊 quedar to keep, take (become the possessor of something)