Clues for the word "KEEP"
We've had 138 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 417 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 18, 2026.
Definition of keep
- v. t. - To care; to desire.
- v. t. - To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.
- v. t. - To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.
- v. t. - To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.
- v. t. - To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
- v. t. - To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
- v. t. - To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
- v. t. - To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.
- v. t. - To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
- v. t. - To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.
- v. t. - To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
- v. t. - To have habitually in stock for sale.
- v. t. - To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
- v. t. - To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.
- v. t. - To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc. ; hence, to haunt; to frequent.
- v. t. - To observe duty, as a festival, etc. ; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
- v. i. - To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.
- v. i. - To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
- v. i. - To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
- v. i. - To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
- v. i. - To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.
- n. - The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
- n. - The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
- n. - The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
- n. - 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.
- n. - That which is kept in charge; a charge.
- n. - A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
Referring Clues
- Subsistence
- Stay fresh
- Hang onto
- Withhold
- Uphold
- Retain
- Hoard
- Refuse to release
- Castle part
- Not rot
- Maintain
- Not toss
- Castle stronghold
- Opposite of throw away
- Not go bad
- Hang on to
- Remain unspoiled
- Hold on to
- Put in storage
- Start to KISS, as a matter of principle?
- Don't let go
- Hang on to ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue
- Not give up
- Store
- Stronghold
- Medieval castle tower
- Don't give up
- Don't sell
- Don't throw away
- Don't throw out
- Save
- Strongest part of a castle
- Fail to trade
- What you must do when the trade falls through
- Don't ditch
- Observe, as the Sabbath
- Word with "cool" or "pace"
- "___ on truckin"'
- You must earn it
- It's earned
- You earn yours
- First word of KISS
- Detain
- Not spoil
- Securest part of a castle
- Opposite of spoil
- Preserve
- ____ time
- Remain fresh
- Don't spoil
- Refuse to relinquish
- Remain edible
- Lock down
- Part of KISS
- Don't pass or hand off
- Donjon
- Raise and feed
- Castle's stronghold
- "___ up the good work!"
- Save up
- Hold onto
- Don't dump
- "Raindrops ___ Fallin'..."
- Hold
- "___ your chin up!"
- "___ up the good work"
- Room and board
- Stay good
- Don't 35 Down
- Conserve
- Neither pass nor hand off
- Don't discard
- Board and lodging
- Main tower of castle
- "___ Coming Back" Richard Marx
- Maintenance
- Hold - fortress
- Look over tower
- Look up "subsistence"
- Dungeon
- Hold - part of castle
- Remain behind the wicket?
- Remain in a fortified place
- What the castle defenders would not allow captured
- Remain in a key post, say
- Hold the fort
- Some take Epsom salts to celebrate!
- Detain in a safe place
- Main tower of a medieval castle
- ... fortress to take a look over
- Look over fortification
- Hold a strong position
- Castle structure
- Fortified castle tower
- Retain control of a castle
- Central tower of castle
- Quick look round part of castle
- Look back at the fortress
- Observe delay
- Look back (stet)
- Board and lodging in central tower
- Not sell
- Don't toss
- Preserve part of a castle
- Retain part of the castle
- Persist in
- Last without spoiling
- Word with watch or time
- Medieval stronghold
- Stay fresh in the fridge
- Continue to hold
- Castle fortification
- "Just ___ swimming"
- Reserve
- ___ in mind
- Prevent
- Fail to give away
- Not turn
- Maintain possession of
- Stay within a stronghold
- Retain possession of
- U-turn from "throw out"
- Fortified tower in a castle
- Not throw away
- "You ___ using that word ..."
- Remain behind the wicket?
- Castle fortress
- Last
- Fortified tower
- Castle tower
- Label for a box during a household purge
- "___ the change"
- "Can you ___ a secret?"
- Not discard
- Fulfill, as a promise
- Decide not to toss
- Care for
- "___ Calm and Carry On"
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 18, 2026
- LA Times - May 05, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 20, 2026
- Daily American - February 17, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2025
- LA Times - November 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 22, 2025
- LA Times - August 24, 2025
- Daily American - August 20, 2025
- Daily American - August 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2025
- Daily American - June 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 30, 2025
- LA Times - May 13, 2025
- New York Times - May 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 30, 2025
- LA Times - February 16, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 02, 2025
- New York Times - January 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 18, 2025
- Daily American - December 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 06, 2024
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