Word Finder - kept

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To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

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to keep silence;  to keep one's word;  to keep possession

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(heading) To hold the status of something.

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(heading) To hold or be held in a state.

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To wait for, keep watch for.

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To act as wicket-keeper.

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Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.

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To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

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To be in session; to take place.

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School keeps today.

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To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.

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(by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.

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To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

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The feast of St. Stephen is kept on December 26.

I'm sorry I kept you waiting, but Tessa had nothing to do with it.

The clock kept on ticking.

She kept her eyes on the floor as she walked by him.

He just kept staring at the floor.

He was reputed to have kept a cool head during battle and wasn't easily intimidated.

I will confess that I intended to eat the little pig for my breakfast; so I crept into the room where it was kept while the Princess was dressing and hid myself under a chair.

He was the one that kept me honest.

If Bordeaux was around, he kept out of sight.

She kept mostly to her room.

Dorothy kept hold of his hand and followed him, and soon they were both walking through the air, with the kitten frisking beside them.

One was an enormous Lion with clear, intelligent eyes, a tawney mane bushy and well kept, and a body like yellow plush.

All right, but I don't like being kept in the dark about all this.

He kept trying, and we learned later, he maintained contact for nearly a mile.

She kept coming up behind me and putting her hand on the paper and into the ink-bottle.

The smell of the flowers alone would have kept me up.

They kept popping back open.

She kept her distance from him.

She kept spelling "dog--baby" and pointing to her five fingers one after another, and sucking them.

It wasn't worded as a question, but kept my fingers crossed so tightly they hurt.

Traffic was light and Molly kept us entertained with her chatter.

Wynn's work on us kept you safe and me trapped.

One night the king sat up very late, writing letters and sending messages; and the little page was kept busy running on errands until past midnight.

Parents kept their children at home, especially in the summer, and certainly away from public swimming areas.

I'm not all that secretive, but you were the one who kept telling me that if he wanted you to know, he'd tell you.

Señor Medena kept watching him, and finally spoke.

I kept seeing little Nick's face in the window when they left the house.

I've kept my identity hidden for five years now, but I knew deep down inside that it couldn't last forever.

They kept their emotions at bay for the most part.

Davis kept his eyes and gun on Bordeaux.

Carmen tried to shut them out by thinking about something else, but her mind kept going back to the same thing.

Never the less, we kept trying.

She kept looking toward Martha until Martha asked if something was wrong.

She kept asking for Annie.

They were a real cereal fruit which I ripened, and they had to my senses a fragrance like that of other noble fruits, which I kept in as long as possible by wrapping them in cloths.

Anatole kept on refilling Pierre's glass while explaining that Dolokhov was betting with Stevens, an English naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum sitting on the outer ledge of the third floor window with his legs hanging out.

Dolokhov kept glancing at him.

When she spotted Carmen, her eyes widened, but she kept walking.

But you kept trying to take me from them.

That ridge was the only thing that had kept her from plunging over the edge... that and the man who was now glaring at her.

Only luck had kept her from joining her family today.

She was facing Len, but kept Yancey in view.

It was the mystery surrounding the family that kept her mind occupied – and Yancey.

Opening the door, she kept her face hidden as she walked down the hallway.

If she kept that up, her grades would suffer.

Only the machines kept his body working.

Yet Cade had kept the baby clothes - and the furniture.

The small car fishtailed around a curve, but she kept up the pace until she no longer saw the man in her rearview mirror.

I kept saying, 'I would never hurt you, I love you', but he just kept trying to get away from me, begging me to let him go.

It's the key to a great power capable of destroying a world is kept, he said, his hands falling away from her neck.

Xander was right; she was drowning, and he was all that kept her from going under.