keep
[ki:p]
n. , 维,

vt. , 存, 遵, 看, 整, 维, 履, 营, 拘留, 帐

vi. , 续

[] , 遵, (帐)



keep
kept
[ noun ]

1. the financial means whereby one lives

<noun.possession>
each child was expected to pay for their keep
he applied to the state for support
he could no longer earn his own livelihood

2. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

<noun.artifact>

3. a cell in a jail or prison

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

1. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

<verb.stative> hold maintain
keep clean
hold in place
She always held herself as a lady
The students keep me on my toes

2. continue a certain state, condition, or activity

<verb.stative> continue go along go on proceed
Keep on working!
We continued to work into the night
Keep smiling
We went on working until well past midnight

3. retain possession of

<verb.possession> hold on
Can I keep my old stuffed animals?
She kept her maiden name after she married

4. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

<verb.social> prevent
We must prevent the cancer from spreading
His snoring kept me from falling asleep
Keep the child from eating the marbles

5. conform one's action or practice to

<verb.social> observe
keep appointments
she never keeps her promises
We kept to the original conditions of the contract

6. stick to correctly or closely

<verb.cognition> maintain observe
The pianist kept time with the metronome
keep count
I cannot keep track of all my employees

7. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of

<verb.possession>
He keeps the shop when I am gone

8. maintain by writing regular records

<verb.communication> maintain
keep a diary
maintain a record
keep notes

9. supply with room and board

<verb.stative>
He is keeping three women in the guest cottage
keep boarders

10. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

<verb.social> continue keep on retain
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
She retained her composure
this garment retains its shape even after many washings

11. supply with necessities and support

<verb.consumption> maintain sustain
She alone sustained her family
The money will sustain our good cause
There's little to earn and many to keep

12. fail to spoil or rot

<verb.stative> stay fresh
These potatoes keep for a long time

13. behave as expected during of holidays or rites

<verb.social> celebrate observe
Keep the commandments
celebrate Christmas
Observe Yom Kippur

14. keep under control; keep in check

<verb.social> hold back keep back restrain
suppress a smile
Keep your temper
keep your cool

15. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

<verb.stative> preserve
May God keep you

16. raise

<verb.stative>
She keeps a few chickens in the yard
he keeps bees

17. retain rights to

<verb.possession> hold open keep open save
keep my job for me while I give birth
keep my seat, please
keep open the possibility of a merger

18. store or keep customarily

<verb.possession>
Where do you keep your gardening tools?

19. have as a supply

<verb.possession>
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

<verb.possession> maintain
I keep a car in the countryside
She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips

21. hold and prevent from leaving

<verb.contact>
The student was kept after school

22. prevent (food) from rotting

<verb.change> preserve
preserved meats
keep potatoes fresh

Keep \Keep\ (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep,
regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover,
OE. copnien to desire.]
1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]

I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.

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.

If we lose the field,
We can not keep the town. --Shak.

That I may know what keeps me here with you.
--Dryden.

If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
considering, that would instruct us. --Locke.

3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.

His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.

Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
--Addison.

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.

4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
preservation; to take charge of.

The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.

5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.

Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
xxviii. 15.

6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.

Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
--Milton.

7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

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.

In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.

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.

9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.

Like a pedant that keeps a school. --Shak.

Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.

10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
keep boarders.

11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.

I keep but three men and a boy. --Shak.

12. To have habitually in stock for sale.

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.

Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.

Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.

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.

I have kept the faith. --2 Tim. iv.
7.

Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command. --Milton.

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.

'Tis hallowed ground;
Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. --J.
Fletcher.

16. To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
solemnize; as, to keep a feast.

I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
multitude that kept holyday. --Ps. xlii. 4.

{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.


Keep \Keep\, n.
1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed;
charge. --Chaucer.

Pan, thou god of shepherds all,
Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. --Spenser.

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

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

Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle.

I performed some services to the college in return
for my keep. --T. Hughes.

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}.

The prison strong,
Within whose keep the captive knights were laid.
--Dryden.

The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam.

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.

5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.]

Often he used of his keep
A sacrifice to bring. --Spenser.

6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in
place.

{To take keep}, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


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.

2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.

If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it
makes will not keep. --Mortimer.

3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused
except locally or colloquially.]

Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps.
--Shak.

4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.]

Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that
is in us. --Tyndale.

5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.]

{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.


Donjon \Don"jon\ (d[u^]n"j[u^]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}.