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გამოთქმა: /kiːp/

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Universal
  • 1 [mass noun] food, clothes, and other essentials for living:the Society are paying for your keep
  • the cost of the essentials for living.
  • 2 [mass noun] archaic charge; control:if from shepherd’s keep a lamb strayed far
  • 3the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge.

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Universal
  • 1have or retain possession of:my father would keep the best for himself she had trouble keeping her balance
  • retain or reserve for future use:return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files
  • put or store in a regular place:the stand where her umbrella was kept
  • 2continue or cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.: [no object, with complement]:I kept quiet while Emily talked on keep left along the wall [with object and complement]:she might be kept alive artificially by machinery
  • [no object, with present participle] continue doing or do repeatedly:he keeps going on about the murder
  • [no object] (of a perishable commodity) remain in good condition: hominy will keep almost indefinitely without spoilage
  • [with object] retain one’s place in or on (a seat or saddle, the ground, etc.) in spite of difficulty: can you keep your saddle, or shall I carry you on a pillion?
  • [no object, with adverbial] chiefly British be in a specified state of health:he had not been keeping well
  • [with object] cause to be late; delay:I won’t keep you, I know you’ve got a busy evening
  • [with object and present participle] make (someone) do something for a period of time:I have kept her waiting too long
  • archaic continue to follow (a path or course): the soldiers removed, keeping their course towards Jericho
  • 3provide for the sustenance of (someone):he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen
  • provide (someone) with a regular supply of a commodity:the money should keep him in cigarettes for a week
  • own and look after (an animal) for pleasure or profit: they raised pigs and kept a pony or two
  • own and manage (a shop or business): the big fellow keeps a fish shop near the post office
  • guard; protect:his only thought is to keep the boy from harm
  • support (someone, especially a woman) financially in return for sexual favours: he was keeping a woman on the side
  • 4honour or fulfil (a commitment or undertaking):I’ll keep my promise, naturally
  • observe (a religious occasion) in the prescribed manner:today’s consumers do not keep the Sabbath
  • pay due regard to (a law or custom): if you kept small rules, you could break the big ones
  • 5make written entries in (a diary) on a regular basis: the master kept a weekly journal
  • write down as (a record):keep a note of each item

you can't keep a good man (or woman) down

informal a competent person will always recover well from setbacks.

for keeps

informal permanently; indefinitely: they’ll have to give us the trophy for keeps if we win it again

keep one's feet

manage not to fall: on the planked railway crossing she stumbled, but kept her feet

keep goal

chiefly Soccer act as a goalkeeper.

keep going

make an effort to live normally in spite of difficulty: she had to keep going for the sake of her boys

keep to oneself

avoid contact with others: they kept to themselves and were a source of mystery and speculation

keep something to oneself

refuse to disclose or share something: he was determined to keep the information to himself

keep up with the Joneses

keep at (or keep someone at)

persist (or force someone to persist) with:it was the best part of a day’s work but I kept at it

keep away (or keep someone away)

stay away (or make someone stay away):keep away from the edge of the cliff

keep back (or keep someone/thing back)

remain (or cause someone or something to remain) at a distance:he had kept back from the river when he could

keep someone back

North American make a pupil repeat a year at school because of poor marks: she had been kept back a year

keep something back

retain or withhold something:he kept back £5 for himself
decline to disclose something: she might be willing to give me the details she had kept back from Ann

keep down

stay hidden by crouching or lying down: Keep down! There’s someone coming

keep someone down

  • 1make a pupil repeat a year at school because of poor marks: is a child who fails a year test to be kept down?
  • 2cause someone to remain in a state of oppression or subjection: one day, it would be impossible that fine people like Philip would be kept down

keep something down

  • 1cause something to remain at a low level:the population of aphids is normally kept down by other animals
  • 2retain food or drink in one’s stomach without vomiting: all I could keep down was water

keep from (or keep someone from)

avoid (or cause someone to avoid) doing something:Dinah bit her lips to keep from screaming

keep something from

  • 1cause something to remain a secret from (someone): now you know what your mother tried to keep from you
  • 2cause something to stay out of:she could not keep the dismay from her voice

keep in with

remain on good terms with (someone): he was simply trying to keep in with his friends

keep someone in

confine someone indoors or in a particular place:he should be kept in overnight for observation

keep something in

restrain oneself from expressing a feeling:he wanted to make me mad, but I kept it all in

keep off

  • 1avoid encroaching on or touching: you don’t have to keep off land during the stalking season
  • avoid consuming or smoking:the first thing was to keep off alcohol
  • avoid (a subject): they kept off delicate subjects like sexism
  • 2(of bad weather) fail to occur: the rain kept off until we boarded our coach

keep someone/thing off

prevent someone or something from encroaching on or touching:keep your hands off me

keep someone off

prevent someone from attending (school): how long should children be kept off school for mumps?

keep on

continue to do something:he kept on moving

keep on about

speak about (something) repeatedly: they kept on about negotiating an end to the war

keep on at

British annoy (someone) by making frequent requests:he’d kept on at her, wanting her to go out with him

keep someone/thing on

continue to use or employ someone or something: am I legally obliged to keep on the insurance?

keep out (or keep someone/thing out)

remain (or cause someone or something to remain) outside: cover with cheesecloth to keep out flies

keep to

avoid leaving (a path, road, or place): I didn’t have his faith in the traffic, so I kept to the edge of the kerb
adhere to (a schedule): the administration has kept to a tight timetable
observe (a promise): she was anxious to keep to her resolve to lay before him all the facts
confine or restrict oneself to:nothing is more irritating than people who do not keep to the point

keep someone under

cause someone to remain in a state of oppression or subjection:the local people are kept under by the army

keep up (also keep up with)

  • 1move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else:often they had to pause to allow him to keep up
  • 2meet a commitment to pay or do something regularly:if you do not keep up with the payments, the loan company can make you sell your home

keep up with

learn about or be aware of (current events or developments): even though he’s been travelling, he’s kept up with what’s going on back home
continue to be in contact with (someone): they had kept up with him by means of Xmas cards

keep someone up

prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep: the drugs kept her up all night hallucinating

keep something up

continue a course of action:keep up the good work
keep something in an efficient or proper state:the rector could not afford to keep up the grounds
make something remain at a high level:he was whistling to keep up his spirits

keepable

adjective

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