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The word keep is in the Wiktionary

57 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • keep v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
  • keep v. To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
  • keep v. (Transitive) To hold the status of something.
  • keep v. (Intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
  • keep v. (Obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
  • keep v. (Intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
  • keep v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
  • keep v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
  • keep v. (Transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
  • keep v. (Transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
  • keep v. (Transitive, dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
  • keep n. (Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
  • keep n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one’s support, maintenance.
  • keep n. (Obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
  • keep n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
  • keep n. (Obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
  • keep n. (Engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
  • Keep prop.n. A surname.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Chinese
    • keep v. To keep; to maintain possession of.
    • keep v. To keep; to maintain condition of; to preserve.
    • keep v. (Sports) to mark or guard a player from the opposing team.
  • Estonian
    • keep n. Cloak, capote, gaberdine.
  • Middle english
    • keep n. Notice; note; observance.
  • Yola
  • Yucatec maya
    • keep n. (Anatomy) penis.
— English words, defined in German —
  • keep S. Wehrturm, Burgturm, Bergfried.
  • keep V. Transitiv: behalten, halten, aufbewahren.
  • keep V. Intransitiv: bleiben.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • keep n. Donjon; zwaarste toren in een middeleeuws kasteel.
  • keep w. Houden.
— English words, defined in French —
  • keep v. Garder.
  • keep v. Retenir.
  • keep v. Conserver.
  • keep n. Donjon.
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • keep v. Guardar.
  • keep v. Conservar.
  • keep v. Mantener.
  • keep v. Continuar, seguir.
  • keep v. Tener, cuidar.
  • keep v. Retener, entretener.
  • keep v. Cumplir.
  • keep v. Celebrar.
  • keep s. Torreón, torre del homenaje.
  • keep s. Sustento.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • keep s. A torre principal de um castelo ou fortaleza.
  • keep s. Meios de manutenção.
  • keep v. Manter, guardar.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • keep s. Provvista.
  • keep s. (Architettura) torrione.
— In Dutch —
  • keep n. Inkeping, insnijding, kerf.
  • keep n. (Vogels) Fringilla montifringilla een zangvogel uit de familie…
  • keep w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van keepen.
  • keep w. Gebiedende wijs van keepen.
  • keep w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van keepen.
  • keep w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van kepen.
  • keep w. Gebiedende wijs van kepen.
  • keep w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van kepen.
118 English words from 25 English definitions

act action adhere alive Anatomy and being box by␣extension cap capote care case castle celebrate charge Cloak condition continue course cricket custody dated Engineering extension faithful fall food for fortress frequent from fulfill gaberdine given guard healthy heed held hence Historical hold holding holiday in␣a␣state in␣charge in␣place in␣session intermit Intransitive journal journal␣box keep keeper keeping keep␣watch kept kept␣in located main maintain maintenance mark mode money not note notice observance observe obsolete of␣a office often one opposing penis place player possession preserve promise remain required resulting session solicitous someone something Sports state state␣of␣being status such such␣as support surname swerve take take␣care take␣place team That the tower Transitive uphold violate visit wait wait␣for walls watch which wicket wicket␣keeper within word

12 English words from 32 foreign definitions

Bergfried Conserver del Donjon een keepen kerf Manter principal Tener van Vogels

53 foreign words from 32 foreign definitions

Architettura aufbewahren behalten Bij bleiben castelo Celebrar Conservar Continuar cuidar Cumplir Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud entretener familie fortaleza Garder Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs guardar halten homenaje Houden Inkeping insnijding Intransitiv inversie kasteel kepen Mantener manutenção Meios middeleeuws persoon Provvista Retener Retenir seguir Sustento tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd toren torre Torreón torrione Transitiv tweede tweede␣persoon uit Wehrturm wijs zangvogel

300 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

keepe keeps Keeps keep␣at keeped keepen keeper Keeper 'keeper keepin' keep␣in keep␣on keep'st keep␣to keep␣up keep␣cup keepers Keepers 'keepers keepest keepeth keep␣fit keeping keep␣mum keepnet keep␣off keep␣out keeps␣in keeps␣on keeps␣to keeps␣up keepy-up keepable keep-away keep␣away keep␣back keep␣cave keep␣cups keep␣down keep␣from keepings keep␣it␣up keepless keeplike keepnets keep␣pace keepsake keepsies keeps␣off keeps␣out +250 words

321 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

upkeeps alekeeps barkeeps beekeeps for␣keeps innkeeps Inskeeps miskeeps outkeeps upkeeped zookeeps alekeeper barkeeper bar-keeper beekeeper bookkeeps boxkeeper cowkeeper gatekeeps gatekeepy gate-keepy goalkeeps hutkeeper innkeeper keykeeper key-keeper netkeeper nit-keeper outkeeper overkeeps penkeeper petkeeper pubkeeper safekeeps shopkeeps timekeeps time-keeps time␣keeps upkeeping yardkeeps zookeeper zoo-keeper alekeepers barkeepers bar-keepers barkeeping bathkeeper beekeepers beekeeping birdkeeper +271 words

31 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

upkeep alekeep barkeep beekeep innkeep Inskeep miskeep outkeep zookeep bookkeep book-keep gatekeep gate-keep goalkeep overkeep safekeep shopkeep timekeep time-keep time␣keep yardkeep housekeep storekeep underkeep tavernkeep wicketkeep earn␣one's␣keep earns␣one's␣keep earnt␣one's␣keep earned␣one's␣keep earning␣one's␣keep

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eep kee Kee

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eek Eek pee Pee p'ee peek Peek PEEK

7 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Ekpe kepe peek Peek PEEK peke Peke

19 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

apeek Ekpes keepe keeps Keeps kelep Kempe KREEP Peake pecke peeks pekes Pekes Pekie pekoe Pesek preke speke Speke

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

eek Eek eep eke Epe EPK kee Kee KPE pee Pee p'ee

40 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

beep deep Deep geep Geep heep Heep jeep Jeep JEEP kaep keeb keed keef Keef keek keel keen Keen kees keet 'keet kelp kemp Kemp knep leep Leep LEEP meep neep peep Peep PEEP Reep seep teep veep weep yeep

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

eep kee Kee

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

kelep KREEP


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