keep
suomi-englanti sanakirjakeep englannista suomeksi
pitää
ylläpitää
säilyttää
kasvattaa
keskustorni, torni
majoittaa
pysyä
tallentaa
suojella
koppi
hoitaa
jatkaa
torjua
säilöä
seurata
pitää kiinni
elatus
säilyä
Verbi
Substantiivi
keep englanniksi
To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
(ux)
(syn)
(RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night)
(RQ:Smollett Regicide)
(non-gloss definition)
To maintain possession of.
(label) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
(RQ:Churchill Celebrity)The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
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To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes).
(RQ:Shakespeare King Lear)
*1789, (w), ''Zeluco'', Valancourt 2008, p. 71:
- The following day she was so ill that she kept her bed; the husband went not once to enquire for her, nor did he send any message: he also kept his apartment, and was heard walking backwards and forwards with a hurried pace the whole of that day.
(RQ:Doyle Poison Belt)
To restrain.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
1914, Robert Joos, ''Success with Hens'', Forbes & company, p.217:
- Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.
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To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
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To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
1630, (w), ''The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt'', London: John Partridge, p.(nbs)114,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02858.0001.001
- They were honourably accompanied and with great estate brought to London, where euery of them kept house by himselfe.
(RQ:Besant Ivory Gate)In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
To have habitually in stock for sale.
(RQ:Shakespeare Titus Andronicus)
To continue.
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp) Next day she (..) tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
(quote-journal)
1707, John Mortimer, ''The Whole Art of Husbandry''
- If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep.
(RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr)
To act as wicket-keeper.
To care; to be solicitous; to watch.
(circa) (w), ''A Pathway into the holy Scripture'' in ''The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes'', London: John Day, 1573, p.(nbs)384,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68831.0001.001
- (..) kepe that the lustes choke not the word of God that is sowen in vs,
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
(RQ:King James Version)
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
(circa) (w), ''(w)'', Act III, Scene 1,http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12222/pg12222-images.html
- (..) 'tis hallowed ground;
- No Maid seeks here her strayed Cow, or Sheep,
- Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep:
(quote-book)
The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
(RQ:Malory Le Morte Darthur).
(RQ:Spenser Shepheardes Calender)
- (quote)
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
That which is kept in charge; a charge.
A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
to (l); to maintain possession of
brambling, ''montifringilla''
''take keep'' — “take note”
(RQ:Chaucer Canterbury Tales)
- A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep
to (l)