Definitions For Keep

noun

  • A cell in a jail or prison
  • The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
  • The financial means whereby one lives
  • The strongest part of a castle built in the Middle Ages

verb

  • Prevent (food) from rotting
  • Prevent the action or expression of
  • Stick to correctly or closely
  • Maintain by writing regular records
  • Supply with necessities and support
  • Hold and prevent from leaving
  • Retain possession of
  • Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
  • Maintain for use and service
  • Have as a supply
  • Store or keep customarily
  • Retain rights to
  • Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  • Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
  • Behave as expected during of holidays or rites
  • Conform one's action or practice to
  • Supply with room and board
  • Raise
  • Cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., keep clean'
  • Continue a certain state, condition, or activity
  • Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
  • Fail to spoil or rot
  • To continue having or holding (something) : to not return, lose, sell, give away, or throw away (something)
  • To continue in a specified state, condition, or position
  • To cause (someone or something) to continue in a specified state, condition, or position

Is Keeps a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
12

The word Keep is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Keep in a Sentence

  • She's going to keep the money she found.
  • I can't decide whether to sell my old car or keep it for another year.
  • While the company laid off some employees, others had hopes of keeping their jobs.
  • The keep of the stable is mainly left to the two equine-loving daughters

Synonyms for Keep

Antonyms for Keeps

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