keep+on

  • 1Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2keep — [kiːp] verb kept PTandPP [kept] 1. [transitive] to store something that will be useful: • The Credit Reference Agency keeps files on individuals debt records. • You should keep a supply of forms. 2 …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3Keep — Keep, v. i. 1. To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Keep — Keep, n. 1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being kept; hence, the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Keep — 〈f. 20; Seemannsspr.〉 Kerbe, Rille * * * Keep, die; , en [aus dem Niederd. < mniederd. kēp, wohl verw. mit ↑ kappen] (Seemannsspr.): Rille, Kerbe (in einer Boje, einem Block, Mast o. Ä.), die einem darumgelegten Tau Halt gibt. * * * I Keep   …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 6keep — I (continue) verb be constant, be steadfast, carry forward, carry on, endure, extend, forge ahead, go on, keep going, last, lengthen, live on, maintain, move ahead, never cease, perpetuate, perseverare, persevere, persist, press onward, progress …

    Law dictionary

  • 7Keep — (Seew.), so v.w. Einkeep …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 8Keep — Keep, eine Einkerbung am Gehäuse eines Blocks oder am Umfang einer Jungfer zur Aufnahme des Stropps oder Tamps, ferner eine Höhlung der Kausche zu gleichem Zweck. T. Schwarz …

    Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • 9keep at — index persist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 10keep in — index circumscribe (surround by boundary), contain (enclose), enclose, encompass (surround), immure, inhibit …

    Law dictionary