[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

keep \keep\ k=ep, v. t. imp.  p. p. kept ke^pt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. keeping. oe. k=epen, as. c=epan to keep,
   regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. as. copenere lover,
   oe. copnien to desire.
   1. to care; to desire. obs.
      1913 webster

            i kepe not of armes for to yelp boast. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
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            if we lose the field,
            we can not keep the town.             --shak.
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            that i may know what keeps me here with you.
                                                  --dryden.
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            if we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
            considering, that would instruct us.  --locke.
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   3. to cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
      maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
      tenor.
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            his loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --milton.
      1913 webster

            keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
                                                  --addison.
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   note: in this sense it is often used with prepositions and
         adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
         to keep in, out, or off, etc. "to keep off impertinence
         and solicitation from his superior." --addison.
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   4. to have in custody; to have in some place for
      preservation; to take charge of.
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            the crown of stephanus, first king of hungary, was
            always kept in the castle of vicegrade. --knolles.
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   5. to preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
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            behold, i am with thee, and will keep thee. --gen.
                                                  xxviii. 15.
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   6. to preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
      communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
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            great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
                                                  --milton.
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   7. to attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
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            and the lord god took the man, and put him into the
            garden of eden, to dress it and to keep it. --gen.
                                                  ii. 15.
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            in her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                  --carew.
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   8. to record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
      keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter as accounts,
      records, etc.  in a book.
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   9. to maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
      like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
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            like a pedant that keeps a school.    --shak.
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            every one of them kept house by himself. --hayward.
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   10. to supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
       keep boarders.
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   11. to have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
       assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
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             i keep but three men and a boy.      --shak.
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   12. to have habitually in stock for sale.
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   13. 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.
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             both day and night did we keep company. --shak.
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             within this portal as i kept my watch. --smollett.
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   14. 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.
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             i have kept the faith.               --2 tim. iv.
                                                  7.
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             him whom to love is to obey, and keep
             his great command.                   --milton.
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   15. 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. --shak.
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             'tis hallowed ground;
             fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. --j.
                                                  fletcher.
       1913 webster

   16. to observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
       solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
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             i went with them to the house of god . . . with a
             multitude that kept holyday.         --ps. xlii. 4.
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   to keep at arm's length. see under arm, n.

   to keep back.
       a to reserve; to withhold. "i will keep nothing back
           from you." --jer. xlii. 4.
       b to restrain; to hold back. "keep back thy servant
           also from presumptuous sins." --ps. xix. 13.

   to keep company with.
       a to frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
           let youth keep company with the wise and good.
       b to accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
           one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
           attentions from, with a view to marriage. colloq.
           

   to keep counsel. see under counsel, n.

   to keep down.
       a to hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
       b fine arts to subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
           of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
           not be diverted from the more important parts of the
           work.

   to keep good hours or to keep bad hours, to be
      customarily early or late in returning home or in
      retiring to rest.

   to keep house.
       a to occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
           one's family, as distinguished from boarding; to
           manage domestic affairs.
       b eng. bankrupt law to seclude one's self in one's
           house in order to evade the demands of creditors.

   to keep one's hand in, to keep in practice.

   to keep open house, to be hospitable.

   to keep the peace law, to avoid or to prevent a breach of
      the peace.

   to keep school, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a
      school, as a preceptor.

   to keep a stiff upper lip, to keep up one's courage.
      slang

   to keep term.
       a eng. universities to reside during a term.
       b inns of court to eat a sufficient number of dinners
           in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
           being called to the bar. eng. --mozley  w.

   to keep touch. see under touch, n.

   to keep under, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.

   to keep up.
       a to maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
           as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
           credit.
       b to maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
           "in joy, that which keeps up the action is the desire
           to continue it." --locke.

   syn: to retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
        maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- to keep.

   usage: retain, preserve. keep is the generic term, and is
          often used where retain or preserve would too much
          restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. retain
          denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
          influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
          which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
          vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
          to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
          preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
          which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
          upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
          appearances.
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see also:
kept keeping to keep at arm's length arm to keep back to keep company with 
to keep counsel counsel to keep down to keep good hours to keep bad hours 
to keep house boarding to keep one's hand in to keep open house to keep the peace 
to keep school to keep a stiff upper lip to keep term to keep touch touch 
to keep under to keep up keep retain preserve 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

keep \keep\, n.
   1. the act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed;
      charge. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            pan, thou god of shepherds all,
            which of our tender lambkins takest keep. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. the state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition;
      case; as, to be in good keep.
      1913 webster

   3. the means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance;
      support; as, the keep of a horse.
      1913 webster

            grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --carlyle.
      1913 webster

            i performed some services to the college in return
            for my keep.                          --t. hughes.
      1913 webster

   4. 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 dungeon. see
      illust. of castle.
      1913 webster

            the prison strong,
            within whose keep the captive knights were laid.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --hallam.
      1913 webster

            i think . . . the keep, or principal part of a
            castle, was so called because the lord and his
            domestic circle kept, abode, or lived there. --m. a.
                                                  lower.
      1913 webster

   5. that which is kept in charge; a charge. obs.
      1913 webster

            often he used of his keep
            a sacrifice to bring.                 --spenser.
      1913 webster

   6. mach. a cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in
      place.
      1913 webster

   to take keep, to take care; to heed. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
castle to take keep 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

keep \keep\, v. i.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
      1913 webster

            if the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it
            makes will not keep.                  --mortimer.
      1913 webster

   3. to reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. now disused
      except locally or colloquially.
      1913 webster

            knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
                                                  --shak.
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   4. to take care; to be solicitous; to watch. obs.
      1913 webster

            keep that the lusts choke not the word of god that
            is in us.                             --tyndale.
      1913 webster

   5. to be in session; as, school keeps to-day. colloq.
      1913 webster

   to keep from, to abstain or refrain from.

   to keep in with, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in
      with an opponent.

   to keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to
      advance.

   to keep to, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or
      deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a
      rule; to keep to one's word or promise.

   to keep up, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined
      to one's bed.
      1913 webster
see also:
to keep from to keep in with to keep on to keep to to keep up 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

donjon \don"jon\ du^n"ju^n, n. see dungeon.
   the chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in
   ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the
   fortifications. see illust. of castle.
   1913 webster
see also:
dungeon keep castle 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

keep
     n 1: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
          expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the
          state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own
          livelihood" syn: support, livelihood, living, bread
          and butter, sustenance
     2: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or
        fortress syn: donjon, dungeon
     3: a cell in a jail or prison syn: hold
     v 1: keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep
          clean"; "hold in place"; "she always held herself as a
          lady"; "the students keep me on my toes" syn: maintain,
           hold
     2: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "keep on
        working"; "we continued to work into the night"; "keep
        smiling"; "we went on working until well past midnight"
        syn: continue, go on, proceed, go along ant: discontinue
     3: retain possession of; "can i keep my old stuffed animals?";
        "she kept her maiden name after she married" syn: hold
        on ant: lose
     4: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;
        "we must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "his snoring
        kept me from falling asleep"; "keep the child from eating
        the marbles" syn: prevent ant: let
     5: conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments";
        "she never keeps her promises"; "we kept to the original
        conditions of the contract" syn: observe
     6: observe correctly or closely; "the pianist kept time with
        the metronome"; "keep count"; "i cannot keep track of all
        my employees" syn: observe, maintain
     7: look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "he keeps the
        shop when i am gone"
     8: maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary";
        "maintain a record"; "keep notes" syn: maintain
     9: supply with room and board; "he is keeping three women in
        the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
     10: allow to remain in a place or position; "we cannot continue
         several servants any longer"; "she retains a lawyer";
         "the family's fortune waned and they could not keep their
         household staff"; "our grant has run out and we cannot
         keep you on"; "we kept the work going as long as we
         could" syn: retain, continue, keep on, keep going
     11: supply with necessities and support; "she alone sustained
         her family"; "the money will sustain our good cause";
         "there's little to earn and many to keep" syn: sustain,
          maintain
     12: fail to spoil or rot; "these potatoes keep for a long time"
         syn: stay fresh
     13: celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "keep the commandments";
         "celebrate christmas"; "observe yom kippur" syn: observe,
          celebrate
     14: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "keep
         your temper"; "keep your cool" syn: restrain, suppress,
          keep back, hold back
     15: maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "may god
         keep you" syn: preserve
     16: raise; "she keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps
         bees"
     17: retain rights to; "keep my job for me while i give birth";
         "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a
         merger" syn: keep open, hold open, save
     18: store or keep customarily; "where do you keep your gardening
         tools?"
     19: have as a supply; "i always keep batteries in the freezer";
         "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "she keeps a
         sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the
         refrigerator"
     20: maintain for use and service; "i keep a car in the
         countryside"; "she keeps an apartment in paris for her
         shopping trips" syn: maintain
     21: hold and prevent from leaving; "the student was kept after
         school"
     22: prevent food from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep
         potatoes fresh" syn: preserve
     also: kept
see also:
support livelihood living bread and butter sustenance donjon 
dungeon hold maintain continue go on 
proceed go along discontinue hold on lose 
prevent let observe retain keep on 
keep going sustain stay fresh celebrate restrain 
suppress keep back hold back preserve keep open 
hold open save kept 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

545 moby thesaurus words for "keep":
   pow camp, tlc, abide, abide by, abstain, accede to, accommodate,
   accommodation, accommodations, accumulate, acknowledge, acropolis,
   act up to, adhere to, administer communion, afford, afford support,
   agree to, aliment, alimentation, alimony, amass, arm, armor,
   arrest, attend communion, attend mass, attend to, attend to orders,
   backlog, balance, ballast, bastille, bastion, be faithful to,
   beachhead, bear, bear in mind, bear out, bear up, beat the drum,
   bed, bed and board, bide, bit, black hole, bless, block,
   blockhouse, blow the trumpet, board, board and room, bolster,
   bolster up, borstal, borstal institution, bosom, bottle up, box up,
   bread, bread and butter, breed, bridewell, bridgehead, bridle,
   brig, brood over, bunker, buttress, cage, camouflage, can, care,
   care for, carry, carry on, castle, celebrate, celebrate mass, cell,
   champion, charge, check, cherish, citadel, cling to, clink, clip,
   cloak, cloister, clothe, collect, commemorate, communicate,
   compass about, comply, comply with, conceal, concentration camp,
   condemned cell, conduct, confine, conform, conform to, consecrate,
   conserve, constrain, contain, continue, continue to be, control,
   cool, cool off, cooler, coop, coop in, coop up, copyright, cork up,
   counterbalance, cover, crib, crutch, culture, cumulate, curb,
   curtail, cushion, custodianship, custody, daily bread, death cell,
   death house, death row, decelerate, defeat time, defend, defer to,
   defy time, deny, detain, detention camp, deter, direct, disallow,
   discourage, do justice to, dompt, donate, donjon, dress ship,
   dungeon, dwell, dwell on, dwell upon, economic support, embosom,
   embrace, encage, enclose, endow, endowment, endure, enjoin, enjoy,
   ensure, entertain, exist, extend, facilities, fan the embers, farm,
   fasthold, fastness, fatten, federal prison, feed, fence, fence in,
   fend, fill, fill up, finance, find, fire a salute, firm, firm up,
   follow, follow the book, fondle, food, forbear, forbid,
   forced-labor camp, fort, fortress, foster, freeze, fulfill, fund,
   furnish, gaol, garner, garner up, garrison, garrison house,
   gather into barns, give, give support, go on, govern, grow,
   guarantee, guard, guardhouse, guarding, hallow, hang on to, harbor,
   harken to, hatch, have, have and hold, have in mind, haven,
   heap up, heed, hem in, hide, hinder, hoard, hoard up, hold,
   hold at bay, hold back, hold by, hold down, hold fast, hold in,
   hold in check, hold in custody, hold in leash, hold in mind,
   hold in restraint, hold jubilee, hold on, hold on to, hold out,
   hold up, honor, house of correction, house of detention, hug,
   husband, immobilize, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate,
   industrial school, inhibit, insure, internment camp, invest, jail,
   jailhouse, jubilate, jubilize, jug, keep alive, keep back,
   keep by one, keep dark, keep faith with, keep from, keep from harm,
   keep going, keep in, keep in check, keep in custody,
   keep in detention, keep in memory, keep in mind, keep in reserve,
   keep in store, keep in view, keep intact, keep inviolate, keep on,
   keep on hand, keep out, keep safe, keep the faith,
   keep under control, keep up, keeping, labor camp, last, last long,
   last out, laud, lay by, lay under restraint, lay up, lend support,
   lengthen, listen to, live, live on, live through, live up to,
   livelihood, living, lock in, lockup, lodgings, look after, maffick,
   maintain, maintenance, make available, make good, make merry,
   make provision for, make safe, manage, manna, mark, martello,
   martello tower, mask, maximum-security prison, meat, meet,
   memorialize, mew, mew up, mind, minimum-security prison, mote,
   mothering, motte, muzzle, nail down, nestle, not destroy,
   not endanger, not expend, not use up, not waste, nourish,
   nourishment, nurse, nurture, nutriment, obey, obey the rules,
   observe, obstruct, operate, ordain, oubliette, own, pabulum, pap,
   patent, pay attention to, peel, peel tower, pen, pen up,
   penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary,
   perdure, perennate, perpetuate, persist, persist in, pile up,
   pillbox, pin down, pokey, police, possess, post, pound, praise,
   prepare, present, preserve, prevail, prevent, preventive custody,
   price support, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, prohibit, prolong,
   prop, prop up, protect, protection, protective custody, protract,
   provide, provide for, provision, pull, pull in, put apart,
   put aside, put away, put by, put up, rail in, raise, ranch, rath,
   rear, receive the sacrament, recruit, refection, reform school,
   reformatory, refreshment, regard, register, rein, rein in,
   reinforce, remain, replenish, repress, reserve, respect, restrain,
   restrict, retain, retard, retrench, ride shotgun for, run, run on,
   safeguard, safehold, safekeeping, sanctify, satisfy, save, save up,
   screen, seal up, secrete, secure, set apart, set aside, set back,
   set by, shackle, shelter, shield, shore, shore up, shroud, shut in,
   shut up, signalize, slow down, smother, snub, solemnize,
   solemnly mark, sound a fanfare, spare, sponging house, squirrel,
   squirrel away, stabilitate, stabilize, stand, stand up,
   state prison, stay, stay in line, stay on, steady, stick, stifle,
   stir, stock, stock up, stockade, stockpile, store, store up,
   stow away, straiten, strong point, stronghold, submit,
   subsidization, subsidize, subsidy, subsist, subsistence,
   subvention, subventionize, supply, support, suppress, survive,
   sustain, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, take orders, tarry,
   tend, tender loving care, the hole, tide over, toe the line,
   tollbooth, tower, tower of strength, training school, transfix,
   treasure, treasure up, undergird, underwrite, upbear, uphold,
   upkeep, victual, wall in, ward, watch over, wear, wear well,
   withhold, yield

[7] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

keep, v.t.

    he willed away his whole estate,
        and then in death he fell asleep,
    murmuring:  "well, at any rate,
        my name unblemished i shall keep."
    but when upon the tomb 'twas wrought
    whose was it? -- for the dead keep naught.
                                                     durang gophel arn

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