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keep
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?p, IPA(key): /ki?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Etymology
From Middle English kepen (“to keep, guard, look after, watch”), from Old English c?pan (“to seize, hold, observe”), from Proto-Germanic *k?pijan? (compare West Frisian kypje (“to look”)), from Proto-Indo-European *?ab-, *??b- (“to look after”) (compare Lithuanian ž?bti (“to eat reluctantly”), Russian ??????? (zabóta, “care, worry”)).
Verb
keep (third-person singular simple present keeps, present participle keeping, simple past and past participle kept)
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- Both day and night did we keep company.
- c. 1749, Tobias Smollett, The Regicide, Act V, Scene 5, in Plays and Poems Written by T. Smollett, M.D., London: T. Evans and R. Baldwin, 1777, p. 106,[2]
- Within the portal as I kept my watch,
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
- To maintain possession of.
- (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- (archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, III.ii,
- The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 71:
- The following day she was so ill that she kept her bed; the husband went not once to enquire for her, nor did he send any message: he also kept his apartment, and was heard walking backwards and forwards with a hurried pace the whole of that day.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, III.ii,
- To restrain.
- (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
- cursse on thy cruell hond, / That twise hath sped; yet shall it not thee keepe / From the third brunt of this my fatall brond […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
- To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
- (of living things) To raise; to care for.
- 1914, Robert Joos, Success with Hens, Forbes & company, p.217:
- Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.
- 1914, Robert Joos, Success with Hens, Forbes & company, p.217:
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 2,[4]
- like a pedant that keeps a school
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 114,[5]
- They were honourably accompanied and with great estate brought to London, where euery of them kept house by himselfe.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene 2,[4]
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To maintain possession of.
- (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
- (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene 2,[6]
- Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps,
- To ruminate strange plots of dire revenge;
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene 2,[6]
- To continue.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry
- If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry
- (copulative) To remain in a state.
- (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
- (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
- c. 1530, William Tyndale, A Pathway into the holy Scripture in The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, London: John Day, 1573, p. 384,[7]
- […] kepe that the lustes choke not the word of God that is sowen in vs,
- c. 1530, William Tyndale, A Pathway into the holy Scripture in The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, London: John Day, 1573, p. 384,[7]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
- (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Timothy 4.7,[8]
- I have kept the faith:
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 7, lines 1271-1272,[9]
- Be strong, live happie, and love, but first of all
- Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
- His great command;
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Timothy 4.7,[8]
- (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
- c. 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, Act III, Scene 1,[10]
- […] ’tis hallowed ground;
- No Maid seeks here her strayed Cow, or Sheep,
- Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep:
- c. 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, Act III, Scene 1,[10]
- (transitive, dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
Synonyms
- (maintain possession of): retain
- (maintain the condition of): preserve, protect
- (to reside for a time): See also Thesaurus:sojourn
Derived terms
Pages starting with “keep”.
Related terms
- for keeps
Translations
Noun
keep (countable and uncountable, plural keeps)
- (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- Synonym: donjon
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
- (obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
- (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
Derived terms
- earn one's keep
Translations
See also
- donjon
Anagrams
- Ekpe, PEEK, Peek, Peke, kepe, peek, peke
Dutch
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke?p/
- Hyphenation: keep
- Rhymes: -e?p
- Homophone: cape
Noun
keep f (plural kepen, diminutive keepje n)
- notch, carven mark
- Synonyms: inkeping, kerf
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cf. West Frisian "keepfink", prob. a borrowing”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke?p/
- Hyphenation: keep
- Rhymes: -e?p
- Homophone: cape
Noun
keep m (plural kepen, diminutive keepje n)
- brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
Etymology 3
Shortening of keeper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kip/
- Hyphenation: keep
- Rhymes: -ip
- Homophone: kiep
Noun
keep m (plural keeps)
- (ball games, chiefly soccer, colloquial) goalkeeper
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
keep (genitive keebi, partitive keepi)
- cloak, capote, gaberdine
Declension
Middle English
Noun
keep
- notice; note; observance
- take keep — “take note”
- And shame it is, if a preest take keep
- A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep
Yucatec Maya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke?p?/
Noun
keep (plural keepo?ob)
- (anatomy) penis
Synonyms
- toon
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offer
English
Alternative forms
- offre (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??f?(?)/, /???f?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??f?/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /??f?/
- Rhymes: -?f?(?), -??f?(?)
- Hyphenation: of?fer
Etymology 1
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offer? (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.
Noun
offer (plural offers)
- A proposal that has been made.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
Derived terms
- make an offer
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English offren, offrien, from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”), from Latin offer? (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + fer? (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er-, *b?r?- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offr?n (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear.
Verb
offer (third-person singular simple present offers, present participle offering, simple past and past participle offered)
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Exodus xxix. 36
- Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Exodus xxix. 36
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- The occasion offers, and the youth complies.
- (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- I will not offer at that I cannot master.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Related terms
- offering
- offertory
- oblate
- oblation
Translations
Etymology 3
off +? -er
Noun
offer (plural offers)
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
Anagrams
- offre, reffo
Danish
Noun
offer n (singular definite ofret or offeret, plural indefinite ofre)
- sacrifice
- victim
Inflection
Derived terms
- slagteoffer
- ofre
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?r/
- Hyphenation: of?fer
- Rhymes: -?f?r
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch offere, from Old Dutch [Term?].
Noun
offer n (plural offers, diminutive offertje n)
- sacrifice
- victim
Derived terms
- brandoffer
- offeren
- plengoffer
- reukoffer
- slachtoffer
- zoenoffer
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
offer
- first-person singular present indicative of offeren
- imperative of offeren
Latin
Verb
offer
- second-person singular present active imperative of offer?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse offr
Noun
offer n (definite singular offeret, indefinite plural offer or ofre, definite plural ofra or ofrene)
- a sacrifice
- a victim, a casualty
Derived terms
- dødsoffer
- selvmordsoffer
References
- “offer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse offr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?r/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
offer n (definite singular offeret, indefinite plural offer, definite plural offera)
- a sacrifice
- a victim, a casualty
Derived terms
- dødsoffer
References
- “offer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse offr.
Pronunciation
Noun
offer n
- sacrifice
- victim
Declension
Anagrams
- Roffe
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin offerenda.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /??f?r/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /??far/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?o?f?r/, /??f?r/
Noun
offer f (plural offerau or offeriau or offrau)
- equipment
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