Definition of keep

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• keep is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• keep is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• keep is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of keep

• the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. donjon
  2. dungeon
• maintain by writing regular records (verb)

  Examples

  1. keep a diary
  2. keep notes

  Synonyms

  1. maintain
• conform one's action or practice to (verb)

  Examples

  1. keep appointments
  2. she never keeps her promises

  Synonyms

  1. observe
• continue a certain state, condition, or activity (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. continue
  2. go along
  3. go on
  4. proceed
• maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger (verb)

  Examples

  1. May God keep you

  Synonyms

  1. preserve
• the financial means whereby one lives (noun)

  Examples

  1. each child was expected to pay for their keep

  Synonyms

  1. bread and butter
  2. livelihood
  3. living
  4. support
  5. sustenance
• behave as expected during of holidays or rites (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. celebrate
  2. observe
• prevent the action or expression of (verb)

  Examples

  1. keep your cool

  Synonyms

  1. hold back
  2. keep back
  3. restrain
• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. prevent
• retain possession of (verb)

  Examples

  1. Can I keep my old stuffed animals?

  Synonyms

  1. hold on
• supply with necessities and support (verb)

  Examples

  1. There's little to earn and many to keep

  Synonyms

  1. maintain
  2. sustain
• stick to correctly or closely (verb)

  Examples

  1. keep count
  2. I cannot keep track of all my employees

  Synonyms

  1. maintain
  2. observe
• retain rights to (verb)

  Examples

  1. keep my job for me while I give birth
  2. keep my seat, please
  3. keep open the possibility of a merger

  Synonyms

  1. hold open
  2. keep open
  3. save
• fail to spoil or rot (verb)

  Examples

  1. These potatoes keep for a long time

  Synonyms

  1. stay fresh
• a cell in a jail or prison (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hold
• prevent (food) from rotting (verb)

  Examples

  1. keep potatoes fresh

  Synonyms

  1. preserve
• cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean' (verb)

  Examples

  1. The students keep me on my toes

  Synonyms

  1. hold
  2. maintain
• maintain for use and service (verb)

  Examples

  1. I keep a car in the countryside
  2. She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips

  Synonyms

  1. maintain
• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature (verb)

  Examples

  1. The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff
  2. Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on

  Synonyms

  1. continue
  2. keep on
  3. retain
• have as a supply (verb)

  Examples

  1. I always keep batteries in the freezer
  2. keep food for a week in the pantry
  3. She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator
• hold and prevent from leaving (verb)
• look after; be the keeper of; have charge of (verb)

  Examples

  1. He keeps the shop when I am gone
• raise (verb)

  Examples

  1. She keeps a few chickens in the yard
  2. he keeps bees
• store or keep customarily (verb)

  Examples

  1. Where do you keep your gardening tools?
• supply with room and board (verb)

  Examples

  1. He is keeping three women in the guest cottage
  2. keep boarders

See definition of keep in Merriam Webster