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What (who) is keep - definition
RADIO STATION
KEEP-FM
keep
![Reconstructed wooden keep at [[Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donjon chateau a motte saint sylvain.jpg?width=200 "Reconstructed wooden keep at [[Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou]]")
![A 19th-century reconstruction of the keep at [[Château d'Étampes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etampes Donjon - enhanced.png?width=200 "A 19th-century reconstruction of the keep at [[Château d'Étampes]]")
![colony]] of [[Bermuda]], with its Keep at the northern (right) end](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda circa 1899 Ordnance Survey map by Lieutenant Arthur Johnson Savage, RE.jpg?width=200 "colony]] of [[Bermuda]], with its Keep at the northern (right) end")
TYPE OF FORTIFIED TOWER BUILT WITHIN CASTLES DURING THE MIDDLE AGES BY EUROPEAN NOBILITY
Donjon; Keeps; Keep (architecture); Keep (tower); Keep (castle); Castle keep
¦ verb (past and past participle kept)
1. have or retain possession of.
retain or reserve for use in the future.
put or store in a regular place.
(of a perishable commodity) remain in good condition.
2. continue or cause to continue in a specified condition, position, or activity: keep away from the edge|she kept quiet about it.
3. provide for the sustenance of.
own and look after (an animal).
[as adjective kept] supported financially in return for sexual favours.
4. delay or detain; cause to be late.
5. honour or fulfil (a commitment or undertaking).
observe or pay due regard to (a law, custom, or religious occasion).
6. regularly make entries in (a diary).
write down as (a record): keep a note of each item.
¦ noun
1. food, clothes, and other essentials for living.
2. archaic charge; control.
3. the strongest or central tower of a castle.
Phrases
for keeps informal permanently; indefinitely.
Phrasal verbs
keep at (or keep someone at) persist (or force someone to persist) with.
keep from (or keep someone from) avoid (or cause someone to avoid) doing something.
keep something from
1. cause something to remain a secret from (someone).
2. cause something to stay out of: she couldn't keep the dismay from her voice.
keep someone from guard or protect someone from.
keep off avoid encroaching on.
?avoid consuming: the first thing was to keep off alcohol.
?avoid (a topic).
keep on continue to do something.
keep on about speak about (something) repeatedly.
keep on at Brit. harass with constant requests.
keep someone/thing on continue to use or employ someone or something.
keep to
1. avoid leaving (a path, road, or place).
2. adhere to (a schedule).
3. observe (a promise).
4. confine or restrict oneself to.
keep up move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else.
keep up with
1. learn about or be aware of (current events or developments).
2. continue to be in contact with (someone).
3. meet a regular commitment to pay or do (something).
keep something up continue a course of action.
Derivatives
keepable adjective
Origin
OE cepan 'seize, take in', also 'care for, attend to', of unknown origin.
keep
TYPE OF FORTIFIED TOWER BUILT WITHIN CASTLES DURING THE MIDDLE AGES BY EUROPEAN NOBILITY
Donjon; Keeps; Keep (architecture); Keep (tower); Keep (castle); Castle keep
I
n.
maintenance
to earn one's keep
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) ('to have') to keep about (esp. BE), around (do you keep a screwdriver around the house?)
2) (d; intr.) to keep after ('to keep persuading') (keep after the children; they are still too untidy)
3) (d; tr.) to keep at ('to hold') (she kept them at their studies)
4) (d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep for (the librarian will keep the book for you)
5) (d; intr., refl.) to keep from ('to refrain') (she could not keep from talking)
6) (d; tr.) ('to conceal') to keep from (to keep a secret from smb.)
7) (d; tr.) ('to hold back'); ('to prevent') to keep from (the rain kept us from going; don't keep her from her work)
8) (d; intr.) ('to remain') to keep off (keep off the grass)
9) (d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep off (keep the children off the street)
10) (d; intr.) ('to remain') to keep out of (keep out of my way; I kept out of their quarrel)
11) (d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep out of (keep the guests out of the house)
12) (d; intr.) ('to be confined') to keep to (she kept to her room)
13) (d; intr.) ('to continue') to keep to (to keep to the right)
14) (D; tr.) ('to reserve') to keep to (to keep a secret to oneself)
15) (G) ('to continue') she kept reading
16) (J) ('to cause') he kept us waiting
17) (N; used with an adjective, noun, past participle) (to maintain'); ('to hold') she kept us busy; they kept him prisoner; the fire kept us warm; she kept the children amused with her stories
18) (P; intr., tr.) ('to continue'); ('to hold') to keep right; to keep a car in a garage
19) (s) ('to remain') to keep quiet; to keep warm
keep
TYPE OF FORTIFIED TOWER BUILT WITHIN CASTLES DURING THE MIDDLE AGES BY EUROPEAN NOBILITY
Donjon; Keeps; Keep (architecture); Keep (tower); Keep (castle); Castle keep
I. v. a.
1.
Retain, detain, hold, hold fast.
2.
Preserve, maintain, continue.
3.
Restrain, withhold.
4.
Guard, protect, preserve, take care of.
5.
Fulfil, observe, adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by.
6.
Celebrate, honor, solemnize, commemorate, do honor to.
7.
Sustain, support, maintain.
8.
Preserve, store, store up, lay away.
II. v. n.
1.
Continue, remain.
2.
Stay, abide, lodge, dwell.
3.
Endure, last.
III. n.
Stronghold, donjon.
Wikipedia
KEEP
KEEP is a commercially supported FM radio station serving the general area of Fredericksburg, Texas, due west from Austin and due north of San Antonio. KEEP is owned by J & J Fritz Media and is broadcast from Johnson City, Texas. It was one of four member stations of the Texas Rebel Radio Network which supplies Texas music programming. This programming is available as streaming audio via the KEEP/Texas Rebel Radio website.
On June 24, 2011, KEEP, after three months of silence, returned to the air simulcasting country-formatted KNAF-FM 105.7.
Examples of use of keep
1. "I feel that I can keep going, so I have to keep working, keep playing, keep focus," Nalbandian told reporters.
2. I‘ve got to keep building and I will keep building.
3. Keep your car tuned up; keep your tires properly inflated.
4. "We keep speaking and the Israelis keep not listening.
5. Good luck, keep that forehand sharp and keep winning.