keep

I

n.

maintenance

to earn one's keep

II

v.

1) (D; tr.) ('to have') to keep about (esp. BE), around (do you keep a screwdriver around the house?)

2) (d; intr.) to keep after ('to keep persuading') (keep after the children; they are still too untidy)

3) (d; tr.) to keep at ('to hold') (she kept them at their studies)

4) (d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep for (the librarian will keep the book for you)

5) (d; intr., refl.) to keep from ('to refrain') (she could not keep from talking)

6) (d; tr.) ('to conceal') to keep from (to keep a secret from smb.)

7) (d; tr.) ('to hold back'); ('to prevent') to keep from (the rain kept us from going; don't keep her from her work)

8) (d; intr.) ('to remain') to keep off (keep off the grass)

9) (d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep off (keep the children off the street)

10) (d; intr.) ('to remain') to keep out of (keep out of my way; I kept out of their quarrel)

11) (d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep out of (keep the guests out of the house)

12) (d; intr.) ('to be confined') to keep to (she kept to her room)

13) (d; intr.) ('to continue') to keep to (to keep to the right)

14) (D; tr.) ('to reserve') to keep to (to keep a secret to oneself)

15) (G) ('to continue') she kept reading

16) (J) ('to cause') he kept us waiting

17) (N; used with an adjective, noun, past participle) (to maintain'); ('to hold') she kept us busy; they kept him prisoner; the fire kept us warm; she kept the children amused with her stories

18) (P; intr., tr.) ('to continue'); ('to hold') to keep right; to keep a car in a garage

19) (s) ('to remain') to keep quiet; to keep warm

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('to hold') she kept us busy

('to hold') to keep right

she kept the children amused with her stories

the fire kept us warm

they kept him prisoner

to keep a car in a garage

to keep warm

around (do you keep a screwdriver around the house?)

('to prevent') to keep from (the rain kept us from going; don't keep her from her work)

(G) ('to continue') she kept reading

(J) ('to cause') he kept us waiting

(s) ('to remain') to keep quiet

['maintenance'] to earn one's keep

(D;tr.) ('to have') to keep about (esp. BE)

(d; intr., refl.) to keep from (she could not keep from talking; 'to refrain')

(d; tr.) to keep at (she kept them at their studies; 'to hold')

(d; intr.) ('to be confined') to keep to (she kept to her room)

(d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep for (the librarian will keep the book for you)

(d; tr.) ('to conceal') to keep from (to keep a secret from smb.)

(D; tr.) ('to reserve') to keep to (to keep a secret to oneself)

(d; intr.) ('to continue') to keep to (to keep to the right)

(d; intr.) to keep after (keep after the children: they are still too untidy; 'to keep persuading')

(d; intr.) ('to remain') to keep off (keep off the grass)

(d; intr.) ('to remain') to keep out of (keep out of my way; I kept out of their quarrel)

(d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep off (keep the children off the street)

(d; tr.) ('to hold') to keep out of (keep the guests out of the house)