v To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
v To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
v (transitive) To hold the status of something.
v To maintain possession of.
v (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
v (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
v (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
v (archaic) To remain in; to be confined to.
v To restrain.
v (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
v To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
v (of living things) To raise; to care for.
v To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
v To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
v To have habitually in stock for sale.
v (intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
v (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
v To continue.
v To remain edible or otherwise usable.
v (copulative) To remain in a state.
v (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
v (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
v (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
v (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
v (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
v (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
v (transitive, dated) To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
n (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
n The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
n (obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
n The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
n (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
n (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
n A surname.