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[kiːp] (past tense and past participle kept [kept] ) verb I
1) [I/T] to stay in a state, position, or place without changing or moving, or to make someone or something do this
Keep still while I brush your hair.[/ex]
People kept quiet because they were afraid.[/ex]
Keep her warm and give her plenty to drink.[/ex]
2) [T] to do something many times, or to continue doing something
Keep taking the tablets.[/ex]
I keep forgetting to put the answering machine on.[/ex]
Keep going straight until you reach the river.[/ex]
3) [T] to make someone or something continue doing something
Sorry to keep you waiting.[/ex]
4) [T] to continue to have or own something
We should keep this car and sell the other one.[/ex]
I've got two copies, you can keep that one.[/ex]
5) [T] to control something so that it stays within a limit
Costs must be kept within reasonable limits.[/ex]
6) [T] to store something in a particular place so that you know where it is
Where do you keep the washing powder?[/ex]
Read this letter carefully, and keep it in a safe place.[/ex]
7) [T] to store information by writing it or putting it into a computer
Some companies do not keep detailed records.[/ex]
Every member of the group has to keep a diary.[/ex]
8) [T] to do what you said you would do
If you cannot keep your appointment, please let us know.[/ex]
I have tried to keep my promise.[/ex]
9) [T] to provide money for yourself or someone else, in order to pay for the food, clothes, and other things that you or they need
She keeps the family on two hundred pounds a week.[/ex]
10) [T] to own animals and look after them
A few cows are kept to provide milk, cheese, and cream.[/ex]
11) if food or other substances keep for a particular period of time, they stay in good condition for that period of time
The sauce will keep for two weeks in the fridge.[/ex]
12) [I] British
spoken used for asking if someone is well
How are you keeping?[/ex]
Are you keeping well?[/ex]
13) [T] spoken
to delay someone
What kept you?[/ex]
I won't keep you long.[/ex]
•
keep going — 1) to continue to do something although it is difficult[/ex]
[i]They forced themselves to keep going even though they felt exhausted.[/ex]

— 2) to continue to move without stopping

The truck kept going and disappeared from view.[/ex]
keep sth to yourself — to not tell anyone else about something[/ex]
See:
eye I
- keep at sth
- keep away
- keep sth back
- keep sth down
- keep sb from sth
- keep sth from sb
- keep sth off (sth)
- keep (sb/sth) off sth
- keep sb/sth out
- keep out of sth
- keep to sth
- keep sth to sth
- keep up
- keep sb up
- keep sth up
- keep on
- keep on doing sth
II
noun [U]
keep [kiːp]
the cost of the food and the other things such as clothes that you need to live

Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.

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