keep: signification et définitions

To retain possession of: kept the change; must keep your composure.

To cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action: tried to keep the patient calm.

To have as a supply: keep an ax in the shed.

To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support: "There's little to earn and many to keep” ( Charles Kingsley).

To support (a mistress or lover) financially.

To put customarily; store: Where do you keep your saw?

To supply with room and board for a charge: keep boarders.

To raise: keep chickens.

To maintain for use or service: an urbanite who didn't keep a car.

To manage, tend, or have charge of: Keep the shop while I'm away.

To preserve (food).

To maintain records in: keep a yearly diary.

To enter (data) in a book: keep financial records.

To detain: was kept after school.

To restrain: kept the child away from the stove; kept the crowd back with barriers.

To prevent or deter: tried to keep the ice from melting.

To refrain from divulging: keep a secret.

To save; reserve: keep extra money for emergencies.

To adhere or conform to; follow: keep late hours.

To be faithful to; fulfill: keep one's word.

To celebrate; observe.

To remain in a state or condition; stay: keep in line; keep quiet; kept well.

To continue to do: keep on talking; keep guessing.

To remain fresh or unspoiled: The dessert won't keep.

To restrain oneself; hold oneself back: I couldn't keep from eavesdropping.