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What does the word keep mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To have; hold; retain.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To protect; guard; defend.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To support; maintain.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To be faithful to, as a pledge or command.

Part of speech: verb

To remain; stay; continue sound, sweet, fresh, or the like; endure.

Part of speech: noun

KEEPER.

Part of speech: noun

Means of subsistence; livelihood.

Part of speech: noun

A castle; fortress.

Usage examples for keep

Tell her to keep away- we do not believe her; we do not want her!" – A Son of the Hills by Harriet T. Comstock
" Couldn't keep her out," says I. " You know how she is. – Torchy, Private Sec. by Sewell Ford
Surangama, did he ask you to keep me back? – The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore (trans.)