[transitive] keep something to continue to have something and not give it back or throw it away. He kept all her letters. She handed the waiter a hundred ...

1 [intransitive, transitive] to stay in a particular condition or position; to make someone or something do this + adj. We huddled together to keep warm. + adv.

keep · ​to do useful or helpful things in return for being allowed to live or stay somewhere. He was willing to earn his keep. · ​to be worth the amount of time ...

keep · 1to do useful or helpful things in return for being allowed to live or stay somewhere · 2to be worth the amount of time or money that is being spent He ...

To pay attention or regard to; to observe, stand to, or dutifully abide by (an ordinance, law, custom, practice, covenant, promise, faith, a thing prescribed or ...

​to talk or write only about the subject that you are supposed to talk or write about. Nothing is more irritating than people who do not keep to the point.

to prevent yourself from doing something. keep (yourself) from doing something. She could hardly keep from laughing. I just managed to keep myself from falling.

keep to · 1to avoid leaving a path, road, etc. · 2to talk or write only about the subject that you are supposed to talk or write about Nothing is more ...

keep somebody from something to prevent somebody from doing something; keep something from somebody to avoid telling somebody something.

There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun keep, five of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, ...