Keep vs. Keeped: What's the Difference?

To retain possession of

(nonstandard) keep

To have as a supply

To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support

To support (a mistress or lover) financially.

To put customarily; store

To supply with room and board for a charge

To raise

To maintain for use or service

To manage, tend, or have charge of

To preserve (food).

To cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action

To maintain records or entries in

To enter (data) in a book

To detain

To restrain

To prevent or deter

To refrain from divulging

To save; reserve

To adhere or conform to; follow

To be faithful to; fulfill

To celebrate; observe

To remain in a state or condition; stay

To continue to do

To remain fresh or unspoiled

To restrain oneself; hold oneself back

Care; charge

The means by which one is supported

The stronghold of a castle.

A jail.

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

To remain faithful to a given promise or word.

(transitive) To hold the status of something.

To maintain possession of.

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.

To restrain.

(with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.

To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).

(of living things) To raise; to care for.

To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).

To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.

To have habitually in stock for sale.

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

(obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

To continue.

To remain edible or otherwise usable.

(copulative) To remain in a state.

(obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.

To act as wicket-keeper.

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

To be in session; to take place.

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

To visit (a place) often; to frequent.

To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

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.

To care; to desire.

To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.

To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.

To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.

To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.

To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.

To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.

To have habitually in stock for sale.

To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.

To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.

To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to frequent.

To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.

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.

To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.

To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.

The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.

The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.

That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the dungeon. See Illust. of Castle.

That which is kept in charge; a charge.

A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.

The financial means whereby one lives;

The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

A cell in a jail or prison

Keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity;

Retain possession of;

Prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;

Conform one's action or practice to;

Observe correctly or closely;

Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of;

Maintain by writing regular records;

Supply with room and board;

Allow to remain in a place or position;

Supply with necessities and support;

Fail to spoil or rot;

Celebrate, as of holidays or rites;

Keep under control; keep in check;

Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger;

Raise;

Retain rights to;

Store or keep customarily;

Have as a supply;

Maintain for use and service;

Hold and prevent from leaving;

Prevent (food) from rotting;