Keep

Quick meaning: Keep is a verb meaning (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

Meaning

(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
2. (transitive) To hold the status of something.
3. (intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
4. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
7. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.

Example Sentences

School keeps today.

to keep silence; to keep possession

Both day and night did we keep company.

to keep one's word; to keep one's promise

Word Forms

• keeps
• keeping
• keepest
• keepeth
• keepe

Synonyms for keep

Depending on context, synonyms include retain, preserve, protect, fullfill, hold, honor.

Antonyms for keep

Common opposites include allow, permit, discontinue, let, lose.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include continue, sustain, retain, support, maintain, sustenance.

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