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Definition of Keeps

Keep
Keep Keep, n. 1. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge. --Chaucer. Pan, thou god of shepherds all, Which of our tender lambkins takest keep. --Spenser. 2. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep. 3. The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse. Grass equal to the keep of seven cows. --Carlyle. I performed some services to the college in return for my keep. --T. Hughes. 4. 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 donjon. See Illust. of Castle. The prison strong, Within whose keep the captive knights were laid. --Dryden. The lower chambers of those gloomy keeps. --Hallam. I think . . . the keep, or principal part of a castle, was so called because the lord and his domestic circle kept, abode, or lived there. --M. A. Lower. 5. That which is kept in charge; a charge. [Obs.] Often he used of his keep A sacrifice to bring. --Spenser. 6. (Mach.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place. To take keep, to take care; to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Keeps from wikipedia

- stone keeps during the 10th and 11th centuries; these included Norman keeps, with a square or rectangular design, and circular s**** keeps. Stone keeps carried...
- For Keeps may refer to: For Keeps (album), an album by The Field Mice For Keeps (film), a 1988 film starring Randall Batinkoff and Molly Ringwald For...
- Playing for Keeps is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring Gerard Butler with Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones...
- Playing for Keeps is an Australian drama television series, which began airing on Network Ten on 19 September 2018. The series was created from a concept...
- What Keeps You Alive is a 2018 Canadian thriller film written and directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen and follows...
- Playing for Keeps may refer to: In film and television: Playing for Keeps (1986 film), a comedy film by Bob and Harvey Weinstein Playing for Keeps (2012 film)...
- For Keeps is a 1988 American coming of age comedy drama film starring Molly Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff as Darcy and Stan, two high school seniors...
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- | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2012-03-16. "****X keeps You Say Party! We Say Die! together". Georgia Straight, October 8, 2009...
- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a common English-language proverb of Welsh origin. There is no scientific evidence that eating an apple a day...
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