keep

Betekenis

Verb

1. To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
2. To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
3. To hold the status of something.
4. To hold the status of something.
5. To hold the status of something.
6. To hold the status of something.
7. To hold the status of something.
8. To hold the status of something.
9. To hold the status of something.
10. To hold the status of something.
11. To hold the status of something.
12. To hold the status of something.
13. To hold the status of something.
14. To hold the status of something.
15. (obsolete) To hold or be held in a state.
16. To hold or be held in a state.
17. To hold or be held in a state.
18. To hold or be held in a state.
19. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
20. To act as wicket-keeper.
21. (obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
22. (obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
23. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
24. To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
25. To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

Noun

1. The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
2. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
3. (obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
4. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
5. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
6. A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kiːp/

Etymologie

From Middle English kepen (“to keep, guard, look after, watch”), from Old English cēpan (“to seize, hold, observe”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną (“to look, heed, watch, observe”) (compare West Frisian kypje (“to look”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵab-, *ǵāb- (“to look after”) (compare Lithuanian žẽbti (“to eat reluctantly”), Russian забо́та (zabóta, “care, worry”)).