Keep

Definition: Keep

Keep

Noun

1. The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood".

2. The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress.

3. A cell in a jail or prison.

Verb

1. Keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes".

2. Continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight".

3. Retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?" "She kept her maiden name after she married".

4. Prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles".

5. Conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract".

6. Observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees".

7. Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone".

8. Maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes".

9. Supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders".

10. : allow to remain in a place or position; "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 work going as long as we could".

11. : supply with necessities and support: "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep".

12. : fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time".

13. : celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur".

14. : keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool".

15. : maintain in safety form injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you".

16. : raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees".

17. : retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger".

18. : store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?".

19. : have as a supply; "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".

20. : maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips".

21. : hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school".

22. : prevent from rotting, of foods; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "keep" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Military

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Keep

Continuance in action

Verb: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

Defense

Hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum; (refuge); keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath; wooden walls.

Food

Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.

Frequency

Verb: recur; do nothing but; keep, keep on.

Observance

Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

Permanence

Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.

Preservation

Verb: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice;not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe; take care of; (care); guard; (defend).

Prison

Noun: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure; isolation (exclusion); penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod; calaboose, chauki, choky, thana; workhouse.

Provision

Have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day; (economy).

Refuge

Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home,Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place; (ambush); sanctum sanctorum; (privacy).

Restraint

Arrest, arrestation; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency.

Retention

Verb: retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.

Store

Adjective:; keep, file; lay in; (provide); preserve.

Crosswords: Keep

Dutch (notch), Manx (bent), Spanish (keep).

I keep thinking, what would Jake do (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

You should have let me keep my old LaSalle (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

Why don't I just keep tapping you lightly on the head with the poker until a lump comes up (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Keep your shirt on, old-timer (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Ya know, I've had more rewarding relationships but at least I can keep telling the same jokes (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; performing artist: B.J. Thomas)

I got rhymes to keep you enchanted (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

She said don't give no lines and keep your hands to yourself (Keep Your Hands To Yourself; performing artist: Georgia Satellites)

But you keep me hangin'on (You keep me hangin'on; performing artist: Kim Wilde; writing credit: Holland, Dozier & Holland)

Keep the fire burnin' (Keep The Fire Burnin; performing artist: REO Speedwagon)

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Keep honking… I'm reloading. (references; author: unknown)

Christians, keep the faith…but not from others! (references; author: unknown)

A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing. (references; author: unknown)

To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow. (references; author: unknown)

Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974)

Keep It in the Family (1974)

Caffeteria or How Are You Going to Keep Her Down on the Farm after She's Seen Paris Twice (1973)

Keep It in the Family (1973)

Jack Keep It Up (1973)

Keep Your Hands To Yourself (performing artist: Georgia Satellites)

KEEP THE BALL ROLLING  (performing artist: Jay & The Techniques )

KEEP IT COMIN'LOVE  (performing artist: KC & The Sunshine Band )

Keep It Comin' (performing artist: Keith Sweat)

You Keep Me Hangin' On (performing artist: Kim Wilde)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Carbohydrate Addict's Cookbook: 250 All-New Low-Carb Recipes That Will Cut Your Cravings and Keep You Slim for Life (reference)

• Keep Uncle Sam from Devouring Your Life Savings (reference)

• Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them: How to Keep Your Tractors Happy and Your Family Running (reference)

• Harriet Lerner on Mothers & Daughters: Breaking the Patterns That Keep You Stuck (reference)

• Customer Winback: How to Recapture Lost Customers--And Keep Them Loyal (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Keep Tahoe Blue (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (reference)

• Keep the River on Your Right - A Modern Cannibal Tale (reference)

• Keep Your Right Up (reference)

• Dragon Tales - Keep on Trying (reference)

• Keep the Faith - An Evening with Bon Jovi (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Keep It Gritty [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Keep on Making a Way (reference)

• Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Game Keep (Purple) (reference)

• Keep The Balance (reference)

• Port Keep You Connected Kit Rtc Phone Cord Modem (3prong Ver) (reference)

• Keep Track 2.0 for Pocket PC [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown are laboratory technicians, under sterile conditions processing antibiotics that are active against cancer. They are totally enclosed in protective clothing to keep them from exposure to the possible carcinogenicity of the elements they are handling. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a technician performing a laboratory test. She is preparing a tissue culture of a hamster embryo. This is being done at the Frederick Cancer Research and Development Facility (FCRDF). The yellow glow that is visible in the background is the ultraviolet light that is used to keep the room sterile. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Raydist strip chart record used to keep track of individual navigation rates These strip charts required continuous monitoring by a watch-stander Used to assure navigational accuracy during hydrographic surveying operations First tests of Raydist on SOSBEE in 1954 Used for over 40 years with various systems. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Crossing ravines on stands to keep line horizontal Pasadena Base measurement Base line party of Clement L. Garner. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

I wish folks would keep their pets on leashes! A very large alligator causes the average pedestrian to consider a detour. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Andy Allen measuring distance from mark on tide staff to location on pier top. K. Fuhs is diver in water helping keep the tape vertical. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Instruments mounted on the roof of the Clean Air Facility. Four separate wavelength pyrometers measuring total radiation from the sun and sky. Note hoses supplying air to keep ice crystals off the domes. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Photo # 2 - Streaming net during trawling operations. Yellow floats are pulled underwater but help keep the mouth of the net open while being towed. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Emptying the bag on deck at the end of a trawl. The colorful lines at the end of the net are the tangles and keep the net from chaffing on the bottom. Credit: Fisheries.

Pole and line fishing. Man in foreground is throwing live bait in water to keep school of tuna around the boat. Man with hose is spraying water to keep tuna from noticing boat. Lines in upper left lead to pulley system. When large fish is hooked, a man pulls on rope to pull fishing pole vertical which brings fish to side of boat for gaffing. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The guardian, moreover, so long as he has the wardship of the land, shall keep up the houses, parks, fishponds, stanks, mills, and other things pertaining to the land, out of the issues of the same land; and he shall restore to the heir, when he has come to full age, all his land, stocked with ploughs and wainage, according as the season of husbandry shall require, and the issues of the land can reasonable bear. (reference)

And thus came in the use of money, some lasting thing that men might keep without spoiling, and that by mutual consent men would take in exchange for the truly useful, but perishable supports of life. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 3: No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay. (reference)

Amendment II. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. (reference)

Thereupon the workers begin to form combinations (Trades Unions) against the bourgeois; they club together in order to keep up the rate of wages; they found permanent associations in order to make provision beforehand for these occasional revolts. (reference)

Germany must keep these areas free from mines. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Emma shall be an angel, and I will keep my spleen to myself till Christmas brings John and Isabella

I heard him then, for I had just Completed my design To keep the Menai bridge from rust By boiling it in wine

Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him.

Keep, likewise, mine

In fact, I must keep this child

And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm

Stephen swallowed down the thing again and tried to keep his legs and his voice from shaking

God keep you from them and from such false friends

Maybe we got to fight to keep our land, like Pa and Grampa did.

I made a shift to keep the key in a pocket of my own, fearing Glumdalclitch might lose it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Keep a food diary. (references)

Keep a sodium diary. (references)

Keep eggs refrigerated. (references)

Business

This approach helps keep down the price for high quality sales offers. (references)

Trading companies should keep in mind the influential environmental groups. (references)

Poles buy much smaller cars than Americans do and tend to keep them much longer. (references)

Children

China

Those parents who choose to keep such children at home generally face difficulty in getting adequate medical care, day care, and education for them. (references)

Ethiopia

There is evidence that children as young as age 14 were permitted to join local militia units in an effort to keep them close to home and prevent them from attempting to join the regular army. (references)

Mongolia

Increased stress on the family structure and throughout society has had adverse effects on many children, and the Government has been unable to keep pace with the educational, health, and social needs of the most rapidly growing segment of its population, although it is committed to children's rights and welfare in principle. (references)

Civil Liberties

Seychelles

Regar officials argued that providing officials with the letter would violate their right to keep sources confidential. (references)

China

The regulations reportedly require Internet content providers to keep files of what they post and who reads it for 60 days. (references)

Macau

The police admit that they keep a list of unwelcome persons who have criminal records and persons whom they believe have criminal intentions. (references)

Economic History

El Salvador

It mandates banks to keep all accounts in dollars. (references)

Kenya

The country also does not keep data on Kenya's investment abroad. (references)

Botswana

Technology services are struggling to keep up with increasing demand. (references)

Human Rights

Macau

Facilities and personnel have failed to keep pace. (references)

East Timor

UNTAET's general policy is to keep the prison population as low as possible. (references)

Iran

He stated that prison officials keep him blindfolded at all times he is out of his cell. (references)

Indigenous People

Bolivia

Lack of education, inefficient farming and mining methods, indigenous cultural practices, and societal biases keep the indigenous people poor. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

After delaying its opening and threatening to keep it closed, separatist authorities allowed the Romanian Language School (Latin alphabet) in Tiraspol to open in 1999 without restriction from the authorities. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Some hard-line local authorities in the eastern RS sought to keep information regarding the right to return and conditions in return sites from reaching displaced Serbs in their areas, so as to dissuade them from attempting to return to their former homes. (references)

Political Economy

NORWAY

The government aims to keep the Norwegian currency (krone) stable. (references)

NORWAY

With the introduction of the euro January 1, 1999, Norwegian policy was to keep the krone stable against the euro. (references)

Argentina

Efforts to keep FREPASO as a full member of the ruling coalition succeeded in the months after Alvarez's resignation. (references)

Political Rights

Bangladesh

The new law requires political parties to maintain accounts and keep records of campaign contributions and expenses. (references)

Trade

Kazakhstan

They generally keep their savings at home. (references)

Colombia

The importer must keep import documents for a period of not less than five (5) years. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

Many business and government offices also keep Saturday hours. (references)

Ghana

While driving in a vehicle, keep windows rolled up and doors locked. (references)

Peru

The entering new government is planning for 2002 to keep with these projects. (references)

Women

Oman

Likewise, families seek to intervene to keep such problems from public view. (references)

Morocco

Some families also keep girls at home because of the lack of facilities in rural schools. (references)

Burma

Consistent with traditional culture, women keep their names after marriage and often control family finances. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominican Republic

Employers also withheld wages to keep workers in the fields. (references)

Uganda

The CID did not keep records on the magnitude of the problem, and it was unknown if its efforts have been effective. (references)

Pakistan

The children reportedly do not receive proper medical care or schooling, and deliberately are underfed to keep them as light as possible. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Keep

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Expressions using "keep": be in one's keep ♦ castle keep ♦ celebrate keep ♦ earn one's keep ♦ fail to keep ♦ fail to keep promise ♦ god keep you! ♦ i can't keep silence ♦ Interjection: forbear! keep off ♦ keep a close watch on him! ♦ keep a diary ♦ keep a fast ♦ keep a firm hand on ♦ keep a good cellar ♦ keep a good table ♦ keep a horse at livery ♦ keep a level head ♦ keep a low profile ♦ keep a patient going ♦ keep a personal record of smth. ♦ keep a record ♦ keep a record of ♦ keep a rod in pickle for ♦ keep a secret ♦ keep a sharp lookout ♦ keep a shop ♦ keep a slack hand ♦ keep a slack rein ♦ keep a stiff upper lip ♦ keep a straight face ♦ keep a straight on ♦ keep a tab on ♦ keep a tally ♦ keep a tally of ♦ keep a tight hand ♦ keep a tight rein on ♦ keep a tight rein on smb. ♦ keep a watch on ♦ keep abreast ♦ keep abreast of ♦ keep abreast of events ♦ keep abreast with smb. ♦ keep accounts ♦ keep afar ♦ keep afloat ♦ keep ahead ♦ keep ahead of ♦ keep alive ♦ keep alive the memory of smb. ♦ keep aloof ♦ keep aloof from ♦ keep aloof from arguments ♦ keep an account ♦ keep an account with ♦ keep an appointment ♦ keep an excellent table ♦ keep an eye on ♦ keep an eye on smb. ♦ keep an eye on your waistline ♦ keep apart ♦ keep arm's length ♦ keep assembly lines rolling ♦ keep at ♦ keep at a simmer ♦ keep at arm's length ♦ keep at bay ♦ keep at smb. ♦ keep awake ♦ keep away ♦ keep away from ♦ keep back ♦ keep back! ♦ keep bad hours ♦ keep bad time ♦ keep bay ♦ keep bees ♦ keep between hawk and buzzard ♦ keep body and soul together ♦ keep books ♦ keep busy ♦ keep calm ♦ keep cave ♦ keep clear of ♦ keep clear of smb. ♦ keep close ♦ keep closed ♦ keep cold ♦ keep company ♦ keep company with ♦ keep company with smb. ♦ keep contact ♦ keep control of ♦ keep cool ♦ keep cool! ♦ keep count ♦ keep count of ♦ keep count of smth. ♦ keep dark ♦ keep distinct ♦ keep doing ♦ keep down. Additional references.

Beginning with "keep": keep-alive, keep-ball, keep-fit, keep-fit exercises, keep-fit-to-music, keep-fresh bag, keep-keep-keep, keep-off, keep-out, keep-the-nosewheel-up, keep-you-guessing, keep-yourself-fit.

Ending with "keep": cut-out-and-keep, pull-out-and-keep, up-keep.

Afrikaans

teel (breed, raise, rear), bewaar (conserve, maintain, preserve), aanhou (breed, raise, rear), behou (conserve, hang, hang onto, hold, maintain, preserve, rescue, retain, save), begaan (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, do, make, observe, perform, tread, walk, walk upon), bedrywe (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, do, make, observe, perform), bedryf (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, certificate, diploma, do, document, enterprise, handicraft, make, observe, occupation, perform, profession, trade), bêre (conserve, maintain, preserve, put away, store, stow). (various references)

Albanian

kam (bear, carry, enjoy, get, have, own, possess), kam në shitje, rri (abide, bide, hang out, perch, remain, reside, set, settle, stay, stop), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, direct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector), mbahem (carry, comport, hold, hold on, hold one's own, remit), mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, sustain, wear, withhold), mbetem (abide, be left, become, fail, hang over, linger, remain, stay), detyroj (bind, bully, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, enforce, entail, force, have, haze, impel, make, move, obligate, oblige, outface, pin down, press, push, rack, screw, strong arm, tie), respektoj (esteem, honor, honour, regard, respect, venerate), vazhdoj (carry on, carry over, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, hold on, hold over, keep on, maintain, pick up, press on, proceed, prosecute, pursue, push on, run, spread), rrit (add to, augment, boost, breed, bring up, enhance, expand, extend, grow, heighten, hike, improve, increase, intensify, maximize, mother, raise, up), ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hold, hug, lay up, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, reserve, retain, safeguard, save, secure, shield, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), ruhem (beware, mind, watch), shitem (bring, go, move, prostitute), shpie (bring, carry, convey, drive, give a lift, lead, lead up, send), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), siguroj (acquire, assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, lock up, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), mbroj (assert, champion, cover, cushion, defend, fend, fight, guard, hold, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, save, shield, stick up for, watch over). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إمتنع عن (do without, forbear from, forego, forgo, leave off, withhold), ‏ربى (bred, breed, bring up, cradle, educate, foster, invest, nourish, nurse, nurture, raise, rear, school, sprout, tutor), ‏راعى (consider, consult, get by, observe, pay attention), ‏أخفى (cloak, conceal, cover up, harbor, harbour, hid, hill, hush, obscure, obstruct, palm, receive, secrete, shelter, smother, stash, stow, suppress, wrap), ‏أعاد (bring round, carry back, get back, give back, go over, iterate, push out, put back, reestablish, remit, repay, repeat, resit, restart, restore, return, revert, send back, take back, throw back), ‏أعال (provide for, subsist, support), ‏إعتصم (adhere, cling, hang, maintain, trench), ‏إعتكف في, ‏ظل (ghost, lie, remain, shade, shadow, umbra, umbrage), ‏إحتفظ (hold, hold over, possess, retain), ‏كبت (bridle, check, contain, down, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, stifle, subdue, suppress, suppression, withhold), ‏صمد (bear up, endure, hold, hold at bay, hold one's ground, hold one's own, hold out, hold out against, last out, outlive, resist, stand one's ground, stand the strain, stick it out, withstand), ‏طعم (diet, engraft, feed, fill, implant, inlay, inoculate, nourish, relish, savor, savour, taste, transplant, troll), ‏سيطر (boss, command, control, dominate, govern, grip, master, overcome, overpower, possess, predominate, reign, repress, rule, sew up, take control, wield), ‏حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seize, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), ‏حفظ (commit to memory, conservation, conserve, desiccate, din into, keeping, maintenance, memorize, preservation, protect, protection, reservation, reserve, retain, save, set aside, store, treasure), ‏ودع (check, commend, commit, consign, entrust, keeping, let, let go, lodge, part from, pay, see off, send off, store), ‏واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth., sustain), ‏وقى (preserve, protect, safeguard, shelter), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out). (various references)

Breton

kendalc'hit (keep on). (various references)

Bulgarian 

празнувам (celebrate, memorialize, observe), закрилям (cover, preserve, protect, shield), запазвам се (last, persist, stand, stick, stick on, survive), запазвам (hold over, maintain, preserve, protect, reserve, retain, save, secure, set aside), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig), продължавам (carry on, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, keep on, last, lengthen, proceed, produce, prolong, prosecute, protract, push on, reach, resume, spread, stretch), държа (conserve, held, hold, maintain, nurse, own, poise, stand on, stick to, sway), прехрана (livelihood, living, nourishment, subsistence, sustenance), не преставам да, поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), пари за прехрана, пазя (guard, hoard, invigilate, mind, preserve, protect, screen, spare, treasure up, ward, watch, watch over), изхранвам (feed, nourish, subsist, sustain), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, take, wear out, withstand), издръжка (alimentation, benefit, dependence, living, maintenance, support, sustentation), продавам (dispose of, market, prostitute, sell, sell out, trade off, unload, vend), трая<