Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"These potatoes keep for a long time"
Verb group:
preserve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 2
"May God keep you"
Type of:
protect
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 3
"hold in place"
"She always held herself as a lady"
"The students keep me on my toes"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 4
"She keeps a few chickens in the yard"
"he keeps bees"
Kinds of:
herd
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 5
"He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"
"keep boarders"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 6
"Where do you keep your gardening tools?"
Type of:
store
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 8
"I keep a car in the countryside"
"She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 9
"He keeps the shop when I am gone"
Verb group:
preserve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 10
retain possession of
"Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"
"She kept her maiden name after she married"
Opposites:
lose
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 11
"The student was kept after school"
Derived:
hold
Verb group:
prevent
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 13
"keep a diary"
"maintain a record"
"keep notes"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun
Sense 14
"each child was expected to pay for their keep"
"he applied to the state for support"
"he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
Type of:
resource
verb
Sense 15
"preserved meats"
"keep potatoes fresh"
Verb group:
stay fresh
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 16
"The pianist kept time with the metronome"
"keep count"
"I cannot keep track of all my employees"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 17
"keep appointments"
"she never keeps her promises"
"We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
Kinds of:
make good
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun
Sense 18
verb
Sense 19
"We must prevent the cancer from spreading"
"His snoring kept me from falling asleep"
"Keep the child from eating the marbles"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 20
"She alone sustained her family"
"The money will sustain our good cause"
"There''s little to earn and many to keep"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 21
"suppress a smile"
"Keep your temper"
"keep your cool"
Type of:
prevent
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb
Sense 22
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 23
"keep my job for me while I give birth"
"keep my seat, please"
"keep open the possibility of a merger"
Verb group:
hold on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 24
"Keep the commandments"
"celebrate Christmas"
"Observe Yom Kippur"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 25
"Keep on working!"
"We continued to work into the night"
"Keep smiling"
"We went on working until well past midnight"
Opposites:
discontinue
Usage Patterns:
Frame 33
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
25
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
191
Times Searched
3
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