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egard, observe, respect, acknowledge, defer to, accede (to),
agree (to): Only a stickler would keep the letter of such a
law. 7 stay, remain: Keep off the grass. Keep to the left. 8
support, finance, provide for, subsidize, maintain: He kept a
mistress in Chelsea. 9 confine, detain; imprison, incarcerate,
jail or Brit also gaol: The police have kept him overnight. 10
celebrate, observe, solemnize, memorialize, commemorate: We
always kept Easter at my mother's house in the country. 11
last, be preserved, survive, stand up, stay fresh: Eggs keep
longer in the refrigerator. 12 harbour, maintain, safeguard,
keep dark: Can you keep a secret? 13 keep from. prevent, keep
or hold back, restrain, (hold in) check, restrict, prohibit,
forbid, inhibit, disallow, block, obstruct, deny, curb, deter,
discourage: How can I keep my plants from dying while I'm away?
14 keep in. a keep or hold back, repress, suppress, stifle,
smother, muzzle, bottle up, withhold, conceal, hide, shroud,
mask, camouflage: She keeps in her true feelings. He could
hardly keep in the tears. b confine, shut in or up, coop up,
detain; fence in: Keith thought the teacher kept him in after
school because she liked him.
--n. 15 upkeep, maintenance, support, room and board,
subsistence, food, sustenance, living: He works hard to earn
his keep. 16 donjon, tower, dungeon: He was imprisoned in the
keep of the castle for twenty years.
keeper n. custodian, guardian, guard, warden, caretaker; warder,
nurse, attendant, Brit minder: The keepers are very strict
about not letting people feed the animals. How come they let you
out without your keeper?
keepsake n. memento, souvenir, token, reminder, remembrance, relic: The
locket is a keepsake from those happy days in Antibes.
keg n. cask, barrel, butt, hogshead, tun, puncheon: We bought a
keg of beer for the party.
kernel n. 1 grain, seed, pip, stone; nut, meat, US nut-meat: Try to
extract the walnut kernel without breaking it. 2 centre, core,
nucleus, heart, essence, quintessence, substance, gist, pith,
nub, quiddity: Let's get down to the kernel of the problem.
key n. 1 latchkey, skeleton key, passkey, opener: Have you lost