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General dictionaries General (31 matching dictionaries)
  1. keep: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. keep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. keep: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
  4. keep: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  5. KEEP, Keep, keep: Wordnik [home, info]
  6. Keep, keep: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  7. Keep: Wiktionary [home, info]
  8. keep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  9. keep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  10. keep: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  11. Keep, keep: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  12. keep (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  13. keep: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. keep: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  15. keep: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  16. Keep (Dune), Keep (disambiguation), Keep, The Keep (album), The Keep (comic), The Keep (film), The Keep (graphic novel), The Keep (novel), The Keep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  17. keep: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
  18. Keep: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  19. keep: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  20. keep: Rhymezone [home, info]
  21. keep, keep (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  22. keep: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  23. KEEP: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) [home, info]
  24. Keep: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
  25. keep: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  26. keep: ESL Idiom Page [home, info]
  27. keep: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  28. keep: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  29. Keep, keep: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  30. keep: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  31. keep: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. KEEP: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]
  2. keep: The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keep: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keep: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. keep: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  2. keep: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. keep: Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols [home, info]
  2. Keep: Arms and Armour [home, info]
  3. Keep: Castle Terms [home, info]
  4. KEEP: Acronym Finder [home, info]
  5. KEEP: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
  6. keep: Idioms [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Keep: Urban Conservation Glossary [home, info]

Quick definitions (keep)

noun:  the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
noun:  a cell in a jail or prison
noun:  the financial means whereby one lives ("Each child was expected to pay for their keep")
verb:  retain possession of ("Can I keep my old stuffed animals?")
verb:  look after; be the keeper of; have charge of ("He keeps the shop when I am gone")
verb:  maintain for use and service ("I keep a car in the countryside")
verb:  have as a supply ("I always keep batteries in the freezer")
verb:  store or keep customarily ("Where do you keep your gardening tools?")
verb:  supply with room and board ("He is keeping three women in the guest cottage")
verb:  raise ("She keeps a few chickens in the yard")
verb:  keep in a certain state, position, or activity ("E.g., keep clean")
verb:  maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger ("May God keep you")
verb:  fail to spoil or rot ("These potatoes keep for a long time")
verb:  maintain by writing regular records ("Keep a diary")
verb:  hold and prevent from leaving
verb:  prevent (food) from rotting ("Keep potatoes fresh")
verb:  prevent from doing something or being in a certain state ("Keep the child from eating the marbles")
verb:  conform one's action or practice to ("Keep appointments")
verb:  observe correctly or closely ("Keep count")
verb:  supply with necessities and support ("There's little to earn and many to keep")
verb:  retain rights to ("Keep my job for me while I give birth")
verb:  allow to remain in a place or position ("The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff")
verb:  keep under control; keep in check ("Keep your temper")
verb:  celebrate, as of holidays or rites ("Keep the commandments")
verb:  continue a certain state, condition, or activity ("Keep on working!")
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #23716)

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