Scrabble & Words with friends points
- keep is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- keep is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- keep is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of keep
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress (noun)
Synonyms
- donjon
- dungeon
- maintain by writing regular records (verb)
Examples
- keep a diary
- keep notes
Synonyms
- maintain
- conform one's action or practice to (verb)
Examples
- keep appointments
- she never keeps her promises
Synonyms
- observe
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity (verb)
Synonyms
- continue
- go along
- go on
- proceed
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger (verb)
Examples
- May God keep you
Synonyms
- preserve
- the financial means whereby one lives (noun)
Examples
- each child was expected to pay for their keep
Synonyms
- bread and butter
- livelihood
- living
- support
- sustenance
- behave as expected during of holidays or rites (verb)
Synonyms
- celebrate
- observe
- prevent the action or expression of (verb)
Examples
- keep your cool
Synonyms
- hold back
- keep back
- restrain
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state (verb)
Synonyms
- prevent
- retain possession of (verb)
Examples
- Can I keep my old stuffed animals?
Synonyms
- hold on
- supply with necessities and support (verb)
Examples
- There's little to earn and many to keep
Synonyms
- maintain
- sustain
- stick to correctly or closely (verb)
Examples
- keep count
- I cannot keep track of all my employees
Synonyms
- maintain
- observe
- retain rights to (verb)
Examples
- keep my job for me while I give birth
- keep my seat, please
- keep open the possibility of a merger
Synonyms
- hold open
- keep open
- save
- fail to spoil or rot (verb)
Examples
- These potatoes keep for a long time
Synonyms
- stay fresh
- a cell in a jail or prison (noun)
Synonyms
- hold
- prevent (food) from rotting (verb)
Examples
- keep potatoes fresh
Synonyms
- preserve
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean' (verb)
Examples
- The students keep me on my toes
Synonyms
- hold
- maintain
- maintain for use and service (verb)
Examples
- I keep a car in the countryside
- She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips
Synonyms
- maintain
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature (verb)
Examples
- The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff
- Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on
Synonyms
- continue
- keep on
- retain
- have as a supply (verb)
Examples
- I always keep batteries in the freezer
- keep food for a week in the pantry
- She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator
- hold and prevent from leaving (verb)
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of (verb)
Examples
- He keeps the shop when I am gone
- raise (verb)
Examples
- She keeps a few chickens in the yard
- he keeps bees
- store or keep customarily (verb)
Examples
- Where do you keep your gardening tools?
- supply with room and board (verb)
Examples
- He is keeping three women in the guest cottage
- keep boarders
See definition of keep in Merriam Webster