keep kelimesinin Türkçe anlamı

• 0 to have something permanently or for the whole of a period of time

  • You can keep that dress if you like it.

  • He borrowed my bike and kept it all week.

  • I kept my last car for two years.

• 1 to regularly store something in a particular place

  • I think he keeps his keys in the desk drawer.

  • We'll keep your application on file.

• 2 to continue to do something, or to do something repeatedly

  • My diets never work, but I keep trying.

  • I keep telling her not to leave her clothes on the floor.

  • He keeps hitting me.

• 3 to remain in a particular state or make someone or something remain in a particular state

  • Thick socks help me keep warm.

  • He goes jogging twice a week to keep fit.

  • He keeps his car spotlessly clean.

• 4 to make someone or something stay in the same place

  • They will keep her at home for a few more days.

• 5 to make someone do something that stops them doing something else

  • [ + doing sth ] She kept me talking for ages.

  • Sorry to keep you waiting.

  • Don't let me keep you from your work.

• 6 to not tell anyone a secret

• 7 to do what you have promised to do

• 8 to meet someone when you have arranged to meet them

• 9 to make someone arrive later than they planned

  • I was expecting you at six - what kept you?

• 10 to write down something in order to remember it

  • to keep records/notes

• 11 If food or drink keeps, it remains fresh.

• 12 to provide enough money for someone to live

  • I can't keep a family on that salary.

• 13 to have and look after animals

  • Our neighbours keep pigs.

• 14 to provide what someone needs for a short period of time

  • Dinner is at eight, but I had an apple to keep me going.

• 15 the money needed to pay for someone to eat and live in a place

  • He earns his keep working in a garage.