Emily Dickinson Lexicon

keep (-ing, -s, kept), v. [OE cépan.] (webplay: approach, accompany, behind, betray, bosom, care, ceasing, company, conquered, continue, country, crown, danger, depart, desire, different, dungeon, eyes, face, fall, field, garden, God, goods, guard, have, heart, heaven, hinder, hold(s). , hours, house, income, joy, keep house, king, know, lose, last, measures, memory, mind, moved, near, nothing, order, pace, perish, practice, presumptuous, school, security, servant's, silence, sins, solemnize, state, step, strictly, supply, talking, tell, term, time, town, turned, viewed, While the stars and course of heaven keep, winter's, wise).

1. Not reveal; not disclose; not betray; maintain in confidence; confine to one's knowledge.
2. Possess; retain in one's power.
3. Maintain; preserve; retain; continue with.
4. Celebrate; solemnize; observe; set apart time for.
5. Fulfill; perform; satisfy; accomplish.
6. Endure; remain in; stay in; be confined to.
7. Attend; fulfill a commitment for.
8. Guard; watch over; take care of; have charge over.
9. Incarcerate; hold captive.
10. Hold; contain; set in place.
11. Maintain; clean; put in proper order.
12. Phrase. “Keep away”: prevent; save from; protect from; guard against; [fig.] distract from being conscious of.
13. Phrase. “Keep house”: stay at home; maintain a family state.