The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - keepv.

1) retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control: The difficulty is not in making money but in keeping it. 2) hold, have, take care or charge of, mind, tend, care for, look after, guard, keep an eye on, watch over, protect, safeguard; maintain, feed, nourish, victual, board, nurture, provide for, provision: Would you keep this parcel for me until I return? They keep chickens and ducks. 3) accumulate, save (up) , amass, hoard (up) , husband, retain, preserve, put or stow away: My brother has kept all the toys he ever had. 4) maintain, store, preserve: I keep woollen things in a cedar chest. 5) Often, keep on or at. continue, carry on, persist (in) , persevere (in) ; prolong, sustain: How did you keep going after Elsa's death? She kept at it all night long. Keep on working till I tell you to stop. 6) keep to, abide by, follow, obey, mind, adhere to, attend to, pay attention to, heed, regard, observe, respect, acknowledge, defer to, accede (to) , agree (to) : Only a stickler would keep the letter of such a law. 7) stay, remain: Keep off the grass. Keep to the left. 8) support, finance, provide for, subsidize, maintain: He kept a mistress in Chelsea. 9) confine, detain; imprison, incarcerate, jail or Brit also gaol: The police have kept him overnight. 1) 0 celebrate, observe, solemnize, memorialize, commemorate: We always kept Easter at my mother's house in the country. 1) 1 last, be preserved, survive, stand up, stay fresh: Eggs keep longer in the refrigerator. 1) 2 harbour, maintain, safeguard, keep dark: Can you keep a secret? 13 keep from. prevent, keep or hold back, restrain, (hold in) check, restrict, prohibit, forbid, inhibit, disallow, block, obstruct, deny, curb, deter, discourage: How can I keep my plants from dying while I'm away? 14 keep in. a keep or hold back, repress, suppress, stifle, smother, muzzle, bottle up, withhold, conceal, hide, shroud, mask, camouflage: She keeps in her true feelings. He could hardly keep in the tears. b confine, shut in or up, coop up, detain; fence in: Keith thought the teacher kept him in after school because she liked him. --n. 1) 5 upkeep, maintenance, support, room and board, subsistence, food, sustenance, living: He works hard to earn his keep. 1) 6 donjon, tower, dungeon: He was imprisoned in the keep of the castle for twenty years.