verb (mainly adverb)
- (intr; also preposition) to stay indoors
- (tr) to restrain (an emotion); repress
- (tr) to detain (a schoolchild) after hours as a punishment
- (of a fire) to stay alight or to cause (a fire) to stay alight
- (tr, prep) to allow a constant supply ofher prize money kept her in new clothes for a year
- keep in with to maintain good relations with