How to pronounce keep in English

"To care; to desire."

"To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain."

"To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor."

"To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of."

"To preserve from danger harm or loss; to guard."

"To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate reveal or betray as a secret."

"To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend."

"To record transactions accounts or events in; as to keep books a journal etc. ; also to enter (as accounts records etc. ) in a book."

"To maintain as an establishment institution or the like; to conduct; to manage; as to keep store."

"To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as to keep boarders."

"To have in one's service; to have and maintain as an assistant a servant a mistress a horse etc."

"To have habitually in stock for sale."

"To continue in as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession."

"To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to."

"To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as to keep one's house room bed etc. ; hence to haunt; to frequent."

"To observe duty as a festival etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as to keep a feast."

"To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company or out reach."

"To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired."

"To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell."

"To take care; to be solicitous; to watch."

"To be in session; as school keeps to-day."

"The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge."

"The state of being kept; hence the resulting condition; case; as to be in good keep."

"The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as the keep of a horse."

"That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically the strongest and securest part of a castle often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle."

"That which is kept in charge; a charge."

"A cap for retaining anything as a journal box in place."