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  1. keep
    [kēp]
    verb
    keep (verb)
    keeps (third person present)
    kept (past tense)
    kept (past participle)
    keeping (present participle)
    1. have or retain possession of:
      "return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files"
      "my father would keep the best for himself"
      "she had trouble keeping her balance"
      • cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.:
        "the guidance system keeps the machine on course"
        "he kept his eyes on the road"
        "keep your hands off me"
        "she might be kept alive artificially by machinery"
        Similar:
        continue to be
        carry on being
        go on being
        persist in being
        not cease to be
        • provide for the sustenance of (someone):
          "he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen"
          • honor or fulfill (a commitment or undertaking):
            "I'll keep my promise, naturally"
            noun
            keep (noun)
            keeps (plural noun)
            1. food, clothes, and other essentials for living:
              "working overtime to earn his keep"
              • archaic
                charge; control:
                "if from shepherd's keep a lamb strayed far"
                • the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge.
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                  verb
                  kēp
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                  Origin
                  late Old English cēpan ‘seize, take in’, also ‘care for, attend to’, of unknown origin.
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