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I . keep1 <kept, kept> [ki:p] VB trans

5. keep (not forget about):

7. keep (provide for):

8. keep (obey):

II . keep1 <kept, kept> [ki:p] VB intr

2. keep (continue):

3. keep (not go stale):

III . keep1 [ki:p] N

Phrases:

for keeps inf

keep2 N ARCHIT

keep at VB trans to keep at doing sth

1. keep at (force):

2. keep at (continue):

II . keep back VB trans

1. keep back money:

2. keep back information, facts:

keep down VB trans

1. keep down (suppress):

2. keep down (not increase):

3. keep down (vomit):

Phrases:

keep off VB trans

2. keep off (on signs):

Usage examples with keeps

for keeps inf
sth keeps sb busy

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This leads to increase in the capital stock in successive periods as investment keeps on increasing.
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When a flysheet is used, it is important that there be no contact with the inner tent it is protecting; this keeps the inner dry.
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Providence, however, holds more cheerful days for him to come, if he only keeps up his patience and fortitude.
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He keeps him pinned down, probing and probing until the victim is well and truly enmeshed.
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The defence keeps the momentum of play squarely directed towards the opposing goal or at least, away from his own.
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For unemployment is the invisible hand carrying a stickthat keeps the workforce in line.
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This keeps high rise hotels to the east and west of the city, preserving the central skyline at the expense of greater tourist potential.
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In the winter months the bay is covered almost entirely by pack ice and this keeps the air chilled and thus temperatures stay consistently low.
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He keeps a large menagerie of animals and has private harem where he may indulge in pleasures of a different kind.
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And this requirement keeps getting reasserted in contemporary authorization and appropriation statutes.
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