keep

Meaning

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.

Concepts

keep

preserve

hold

maintain

save

retain

observe

protect

store

conserve

continue

stay

guard

remain

rear

support

look after

raise

take care of

reserve

put

abide

have

breed

sustain

accomplish

achieve

perform

watch over

tend

detain

go on

watch

celebrate

prevent

take charge of

mind

last

persist

keep up

put away

hold on

endure

keep on

collect

uphold

abide by

obey

safeguard

rescue

place

contain

feed

follow

maintenance

proceed

sustenance

execute

exercise

fulfil

meet

wear

hoard

hold back

preservation

carry on

go along

donjon

livelihood

possess

care for

withhold

hold on to

hold out

persevere

back

proceed with

stop

cover

fill

room and board

lock up

conservation

live

cure

hinder

stay fresh

dungeon

living

delay

upkeep

lodge

catch

insist

put up with

cache

hang onto

conduct

produce

secure

elevate

farm

heave

hoist

lever

lift

complete

fill up

care

remember

fancy

be of the opinion

carry forward

carry over

defer

persist in

gather

pick up

put by

set aside

retention

confine

keep open

hold open

keep back

restrain

bread and butter

fulfill

supply

defend

stronghold

tower

run

carry

cherish

arrest

grab

grasp

pickle

keeping

dog

accommodate

quarter

stick to

seize

educate

take

handle

treat

draw out

resume

consider

hold up

adhere

stand

avert

block

preclude

leave

monitor

book

countenance

espouse

second

stand by

rest

stay over

act out

carry through

effect

engineer

implement

realize

comply

mark

respect

affirm

assure

certify

ensure

guarantee

insure

promise

underwrite

vouch

warrant

enrol

record

register

fill in

complement

consummate

finish

imbue

permeate

applaud

memorialize

praise

keep an eye on

look out for

be

earmark

lay

let pass

make way for

overlook

be durable

keep well

wear well

limit

husband

take in

choose

select

prolong for a while

remain unchanged

nourishment

protection

reservation

exist

survive

renew

repair

corner

stockpile

nourish

provide sustenance

help

aloof

have an eye on

hole

fortress

fortification

food and lodgings

spread

suppress

govern

keep under restraint

tame

provide for

have by one

jot down

hold in hand

supervise

confiscate

keep in mind

learn

make sick

understand

be filled up

satisfy oneself

spare

set

solemnize

sustentation

bear

intern

keep to

subsistence

subsist

food

nosh

holdfast

holding

cage kep

chair

folding board

kep

lay aside

store up

room

guard carefully

keep safe

keep hold of

move

conceal

stick together

soak

deposit

I

fingers crossed

my

’ll

drag along

pull along

attend to

camphorate

deal

dispose of

doctor

fix up

go

manage

nurse

nurture

settle

vet

work

bear on

extend

go ahead

hang in

hang on

move on

plow ahead

press on

ride

run on

spin off

stay on

stretch

bump up

augment

bring

bring up

build up

check

condition

discipline

establish

grow

increase

propagate

train

vegetate

box

cubicle

hutch

bed

billet

bunk

canton

house

assign

believe

conceive

deliver

harbor

hold down

hold water

like

look on

love

make

regard as

repute

take place

think

grapple

grip

hold close

stay in place

stay put

stick

stick around

stick with

prevail

hold over

lay away

perpetuate

accompany

attend

come

come after

come forth

ensue

entail

fall out

follow suit

keep tabs on

keep track

postdate

result

succeed

tag along

take after

trace

travel along

harbour

look out

patronage

shield

ward

burn

capture

cut

document

file

tape

write

beat back

decline

deflect

dismiss

drive back

fend

fend off

fight off

forefend

forfend

freeze off

parry

pass up

push back

rebuff

refuse

reject

repel

repress

repudiate

repulse

scorn

spurn

stave off

turn away

turn down

ward off

castle

rook

spire

steeple

hide

wages

forestall

hold fast

hold something

bother

disturb

accumulate

save up

own

continuously

storage

frequent

often

repeated

inhibit

deter

preempt

condense

enclose

oppress

pinch

rack

shake hands

shut up

squash

squeeze

stow

strain

strech

stress

tense

tighten

wind up

heighten

ontinue

intend

lean

clasp

avoid

eschew

forbear

refrain

pay attention to

comply with

stand firm

be valid

do

operate

profess

drag out

look carefully

take care

buy

decay

loss

wait

lead on

massage

post

rub

occupy

shelter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kiːp/

Etymology

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”)).