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Sounds | kiy'p |
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Rhymes | asleep, beep, bleep, and 18 more rhymes in iyp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The financial means whereby one lives. |
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Examples | "each child was expected to pay for their keep" |
Synonyms | support, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance |
Narrower | comforts, creature comforts, amenities, conveniences; maintenance; meal ticket; subsistence |
Broader | resource |
Verbs | keep |
Meaning | The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress. |
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Synonyms | donjon, dungeon |
Part of | castle |
Narrower | Black Hole of Calcutta |
Broader | stronghold, fastness |
Meaning | A cell in a jail or prison. |
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Synonyms | hold |
Broader | cell, jail cell, prison cell |
Verbs | keep |
Meaning | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity. E.g., "keep clean". |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "The students keep me on my toes" |
Synonyms | maintain, hold |
Narrower | pressurize, pressurise; continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve; hold over; conserve; preserve; distance; housekeep |
See also | keep in; keep off; keep out; keep up; keep down; keep up; keep off; keep apart |
Meaning | Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
Model | They keep moving |
Examples | "Keep on working!"; "Keep smiling" |
Synonyms | continue, go on, proceed, go along |
Narrower | hold; run on, keep going; ride |
Broader | act, move |
Contrary | discontinue |
Similar to | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve; continue |
Meaning | Retain possession of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They keep the money |
Examples | "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?" |
Synonyms | hold on |
Narrower | carry over, hold over; deny, refuse; withhold, deduct, recoup; save, preserve; store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away; store; retain, hold, keep back, hold back; harbor, harbour |
Broader | have, have got, hold |
Contrary | lose |
Similar to | keep open, hold open, keep, save |
See also | keep back; keep back |
Nouns | keeping |
Meaning | Prevent from doing something or being in a certain state. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They keep him from writing the letter |
Examples | "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
Synonyms | prevent |
Narrower | defend; restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back; exclude, keep out, shut out, shut; hold; keep away; blank; impede, hinder; rain out, wash out |
Contrary | let, allow, permit |
Similar to | keep |
Meaning | Conform one's action or practice to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises" |
Synonyms | observe |
Narrower | make good |
Nouns | keeping |
Meaning | Observe correctly or closely. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" |
Synonyms | observe, maintain |
Meaning | Look after. Be the keeper of. Have charge of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "He keeps the shop when I am gone" |
Narrower | conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up |
Broader | have, have got, hold |
Similar to | keep, preserve |
Nouns | keeper; keeping; keeper |
Meaning | Maintain by writing regular records. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "keep a diary"; "keep notes" |
Synonyms | maintain |
Broader | record, enter, put down |
Meaning | Supply with room and board. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot keep Sue |
Examples | "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders" |
Broader | lodge, accommodate |
Meaning | Allow to remain in a place or position. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on" |
Synonyms | retain, continue, keep on, keep going |
Broader | prolong, sustain, keep up |
Similar to | run on, keep going; continue, persist in |
Meaning | Supply with necessities and support. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "There's little to earn and many to keep" |
Synonyms | sustain, maintain |
Narrower | patronage; reseed; carry |
Broader | have, have got, hold |
Nouns | keep |
Meaning | Fail to spoil or rot. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | This food does keep well |
Examples | "These potatoes keep for a long time" |
Synonyms | stay fresh |
Broader | stay, remain, rest |
Similar to | preserve, keep |
Meaning | Celebrate, as of holidays or rites. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Keep the commandments" |
Synonyms | observe, celebrate |
Narrower | commemorate, mark; mourn; solemnize, solemnise |
Meaning | Keep under control. Keep in check. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Examples | "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
Synonyms | restrain, suppress, keep back, hold back |
Narrower | hold; confine; quench; bottle up, suppress; control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate |
Broader | prevent, keep |
Meaning | Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "May God keep you" |
Synonyms | preserve |
Broader | protect |
Similar to | keep |
Meaning | Raise. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" |
Narrower | herd |
Broader | grow, raise, farm, produce |
Meaning | Retain rights to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" |
Synonyms | keep open, hold open, save |
Broader | reserve, hold, book |
Similar to | keep, hold on |
Meaning | Store or keep customarily. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" |
Broader | store |
Similar to | keep |
Meaning | Have as a supply. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "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" |
Broader | have, have got, hold |
Similar to | keep |
Meaning | Maintain for use and service. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" |
Synonyms | maintain |
Broader | have, have got, hold |
Meaning | Hold and prevent from leaving. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Broader | confine, detain |
Similar to | prevent, keep |
Nouns | keep |
Meaning | Prevent (food) from rotting. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "keep potatoes fresh" |
Synonyms | preserve |
Narrower | freeze-dry; conserve; dehydrate, desiccate; pickle; salt; can, tin, put up; refrigerate; cure; corn |
Broader | cook, fix, ready, make, prepare |
Similar to | keep, stay fresh |