keep

US /kip/

UK /ki:p/

A1

noun

  • Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • Money spent on you so you can live in a place

verb

  • To continue doing something; not to stop
  • To stop balls going in a goal in sports
  • To not give back or return something
  • (Of food) to not spoil or not rot
  • To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
  • To have and continue to hold something
  • To do something that you have promised or agreed
  • To stay in a certain place or condition
  • To maintain the rules