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    [kēp]
    verb
    keep (verb) · keeps (third person present) · kept (past tense) · kept (past participle) · keeping (present participle)
    1. have or retain possession of:
      "return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files" · "my father would keep the best for himself" · "she had trouble keeping her balance"
      • put or store in a regular place:
        "his personal work was kept securely in an upstairs studio"
    2. cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.:
      "the guidance system keeps the machine on course" · "he kept his eyes on the road" · "keep your hands off me" · "she might be kept alive artificially by machinery"
      • continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.:
        "I kept quiet while Emily talked on" · "keep left along the wall"
      • continue doing or do repeatedly or habitually:
        "he keeps going on about the accident"
      • (of a perishable commodity) remain in good condition:
        "fresh ginger does not keep well"
      • retain one's place in or on (a seat or saddle, the ground, etc.) against opposition or difficulty:
        "are you able to keep your saddle?"
      • make (someone) do something for a period of time:
        "I have kept her waiting too long"
      • delay or detain; cause to be late:
        "I won't keep you, I know you've got a busy evening"
      • archaic
        continue to follow (a way, path, or course):
        "the friars and soldiers removed, keeping their course toward Jericho"
    3. provide for the sustenance of (someone):
      "he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen"
      • own and look after (an animal) for pleasure or profit:
        "they raised pigs and kept a pony or two"
      • own and manage (a shop or business).
      • guard; protect:
        "the boy keeps the sheep" · "“God keep you,” he muttered"
      • support (someone, especially a woman) financially in return for sexual favors:
        "a kept woman"
    4. honor or fulfill (a commitment or undertaking):
      "I'll keep my promise, naturally"
      • observe (a religious occasion) in the prescribed manner:
        "today's consumers do not keep the Sabbath"
      • pay due regard to (a law or custom):
        "if you kept small rules, you could break the big ones"
    5. make written entries in (a diary) on a regular basis:
      "the master kept a weekly journal"
      • write down as (a record):
        "keep a note of the whereabouts of each item"
    noun
    keep (noun) · keeps (plural noun)
    1. food, clothes, and other essentials for living:
      "working overtime to earn his keep"
      • the cost of basic living essentials.
    2. archaic
      charge; control:
      "if from shepherd's keep a lamb strayed far"
    3. the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge.
    Origin
    late Old English cēpan ‘seize, take in’, also ‘care for, attend to’, of unknown origin.
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    verb
    1. cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.:
      remain
      stay
      continue to be
      carry on being
      go on being
      persist in being
      not cease to be
    2. provide for the sustenance of (someone):
      support
      feed
      maintain
      sustain
      subsidize
      finance
      take care of
      look after
      nurture
      nourish
      provide for
      provide food for
      provide sustenance for
      provide board for
      keep alive
    3. honor or fulfill (a commitment or undertaking):
      obey
      respect
      observe
      stick to
      heed
      follow
      fulfill
      carry out
      act on
      make good
      honor
      keep to
      redeem
      stand by
      execute
      discharge
      perform
      effectuate
      comply with
      conform to
      abide by
      act in accordance with
      act according to
      have regard to
      pay attention to
      defer to
      take notice of
      be bound by
      keep faith with
      adhere to
      Opposite:
      break
      disobey
    noun
    1. food, clothes, and other essentials for living:
      maintenance
      upkeep
      support
      sustenance
      subsistence
      board
      room and board
      food
      nourishment
      nurture
      living
      livelihood
      means
      • charge; control:
        safe keeping
        care
        custody
        charge
        possession
        trust
        protection
        safeguard
        guardianship
        trusteeship
        tutelage
        supervision
        protectorship
      • the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge.
        fortress
        fort
        stronghold
        tower
        donjon
        castle
        citadel
        bastion
        fortification
        fastness
        hold
        dungeon

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    3. verb (used with object),kept, keep·ing. to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it.

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