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According to WordNet, the verb "keep" has 22 sense(s).

202450505 stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles".

202578510 behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur".

202202384 retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married".

202422663 keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool".

202681795 keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes".

201302019 hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school".

202204094 store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?".

202684924 continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight".

202410175 allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "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".

202733122 maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you".

201065877 maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes".

202651853 supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders".

202202928 look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone".

202734800 fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time".

200732552 stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees".

201184625 supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep".

200212414 prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh".

202203844 have as a supply; "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".

202652016 raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees".

202578872 conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract".

202203168 maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips".

202283716 retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger".


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