keep

Definitions

• To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
• (heading) To hold the status of something.
• (heading) To hold or be held in a state.
• (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
• (intransitive) To act as wicket-keeper.
• (intransitive) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• (intransitive) To be in session; to take place.
• (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
• (transitive) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
• (transitive) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).