verb, noun
verb (kept, kept )
stay
1 to stay in a particular condition or position; to make sb/sth do this:
[V-ADJ] We huddled together to keep warm. * [V+adv./prep.] The notice said 'Keep off (= Do not walk on) the grass'. * Keep left along the wall. * [VN-ADJ] She kept the children amused for hours. * [VN] [usually +adv./prep.] He kept his coat on. * Don't keep us in suspense-what happened next? * She had trouble keeping her balance. * [VN-ing] I'm very sorry to keep you waiting.
continue
2 [V-ing] ~ (on) doing sth to continue doing sth; to do sth repeatedly:
Keep smiling! * I wish you wouldn't keep on interrupting me!
delay
3 [VN] to delay sb:
You're an hour late-what kept you?
not give back
4 [VN] to continue to have sth and not give it back or throw it away:
Here's a five dollar bill-please keep the change. * I keep all her letters.
save for sb
5 ~ sth (for sb)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for keep is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does keep appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — keep appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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