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/kiːp/

To continue to have or hold something without letting it go.

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Please keep the door shut.She likes to keep old photos.

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Middle English from the Old English cepan, meaning to seize, hold, care for, or protect. This word is related to Middle Dutch kapen and Old Norse kaupa, meaning to trade, buy.

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