Crossword-Solution: KEEP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Keep | v. t. | To care; to desire. |
| Keep | v. t. | 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. |
| Keep | v. t. | To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor. |
| Keep | v. t. | To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of. |
| Keep | v. t. | To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard. |
| Keep | v. t. | To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret. |
| Keep | v. t. | To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend. |
| Keep | v. t. | To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book. |
| Keep | v. t. | To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store. |
| Keep | v. t. | To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders. |
| Keep | v. t. | To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc. |
| Keep | v. t. | To have habitually in stock for sale. |
| Keep | v. t. | 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. |
| Keep | v. t. | 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. |
| Keep | v. t. | 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. |
| Keep | v. t. | To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast. |
| Keep | v. i. | 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. |
| Keep | v. i. | To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired. |
| Keep | v. i. | To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. |
| Keep | v. i. | To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. |
| Keep | v. i. | To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. |
| Keep | n. | The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. |
| Keep | n. | The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep. |
| Keep | n. | The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse. |
| Keep | n. | 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 donjon. See Illust. of Castle. |
| Keep | n. | That which is kept in charge; a charge. |
| Keep | n. | A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| KEEP | anagram | PEEK, PEKE |
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Sentences with KEEP (5)
Each house shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Now, if they would make the effort in good temper, could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath? There is some difference of opinion whether this clause should be enforced by national or by State authority; but surely that difference is not a very material one.
For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed.
Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up with these requirements.
Mean while Warr arose, And fields were fought in Heav’n; wherein remaind (For what could else) to our Almighty Foe Cleer Victory, to our part loss and rout Through all the Empyrean: down they fell Driv’n headlong from the Pitch of Heaven, down Into this Deep, and in the general fall I also; at which time this powerful Key Into my hand was giv’n, with charge to keep These Gates for ever shut, which none can pass Without my op’ning.
Quotes with KEEP (3)
This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too.…
Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said." Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.
It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses you, because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so small because it's so hard to keep it inside when you let it out and it doesn't coma back. You're left so alone that you can't explain. Damn, there's nothing like…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 281 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).