Keep vs Out - What's the difference?
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To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to maintain.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Both day and night did we keep company.
*(Tobias Smollett) (1721–1771)
*:within the portal as I kept my watch
To hold the status of something.
#To maintain possession of.
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#To maintain the condition of.
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#(lb) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
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#(lb) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
#(label) To remain in, to be confined to.
#*1605 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , III.ii,
#*:The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.
#To restrain.
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# To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
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#*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.viii:
#*:cursse on thy cruell hond, / That twise hath sped; yet shall it not thee keepe / From the third brunt of this my fatall brond.
#To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
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#(lb) To raise; to care for.
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#*1914 , Robert Joos, Success with Hens , Forbes & company, p.217:
#*:Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.
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#To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:like a pedant that keeps a school
#*Sir (c.1564-1627)
#*:They were honourably brought to London, where every one of them kept house by himself.
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#*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
#To have habitually in stock for sale.
To hold or be held in a state.
#(lb) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps .
#To continue.
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#*:If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep .
#(lb) To remain in a state.
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(lb) To wait for, keep watch for.
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*:And thenne whan the damoysel knewe certaynly that he was not syre launcelot / thenne she took her leue and departed from hym / And thenne syre Trystram rode pryuely vnto the posterne where kepte hym la beale Isoud / and there she made hym good chere and thanked god of his good spede
To act as wicket-keeper.
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To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
*(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
*:Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us.
To be in session; to take place.
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(lb) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
*Bible, iv. 7
*:I have kept the faith.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Him whom to love is to obey, and keep / His great command.
To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
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To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
* (1579-1625)
*:'Tis hallowed ground; / Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep .
(obsolete) Care, notice
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*:So Sir Gareth strayned hym so that his olde wounde braste ayen on bledynge; but he was hote and corragyous and toke no kepe , but with his grete forse he strake downe the knyght.
(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to , the word comes "from the Middle English term kype , meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
:He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep .
The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
*Spenser
*:Pan, thou god of shepherds all, / Which of our tender lambkins takest keep .
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
:to be in good keep
(obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
*Spenser
*:Often he used of his keep / A sacrifice to bring.
(engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
Away from; at a distance.
Away from the inside or the centre.
Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
To the end; completely.
* Bible, Psalms iv. 23
(cricket, baseball) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
Away from the inside.
(colloquial) outside
A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
(baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
(cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game such as hit wicket, wherein the bowler has hit the batsman's wicket with the ball.
(poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
(dated) A trip out; an outing.
* Charles Dickens, Bleak House
(mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
(printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
To eject; to expel.
* Selden
* Heylin
To reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual.
To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
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To reveal (a secret).
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.
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(cricket, baseball) Of a batter or batsman, having caused an out called on himself while batting under various rules of the game.
Openly acknowledging one's homosexuality.
In transitive terms the difference between keep and out
is that keep is to observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate while out is to reveal (a secret).In obsolete terms the difference between keep and out
is that keep is that which is kept in charge; a charge while out is of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.As an adverb out is
away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.As a preposition out is
away from the inside.As an adjective out is
of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.keep
English
Verb
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Synonyms
* (maintain possession of) retain * (maintain the condition of) preserve, protectDerived terms
(keep) * keep-away * keep around * keep at * keep away * keep back * keep down * keep faith * keep fit * keep from * keep going * keep in mind * keep it down * keep it on the barber pole * keep it real * keep it up * keep mum * keep off * keep on * keep on truckin' * keep one's cards close to one's chest * keep one's cool * keep one's eye on the ball * keep one's eyes peeled * keep one's head * keep one's head above water * keep one's lips sealed * keep one's peace * keep one on one's toes * keep oneself to oneself * keep out * keep out of * keep quiet * keep shtum * keep somebody in stitches * keep somebody posted * keep someone in the loop * keep straight * keep tabs on * keep the peace * keep the wolf from the door * keep track * keep up * keep up with * keep wicket * keep with * keep your pecker up * keep one's hair on * keep one's shirt on * keepalive * keepie-uppie/keepy-uppy * keepnet * keepsakeNoun
(wikipedia keep) (en noun)Derived terms
* earn one's keepSee also
* donjonStatistics
*out
English
(wikipedia out)Adverb
(en adverb)- Let's eat out tonight
- Leave a message with my secretary if I'm out when you call.
- Keep out !
- The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
- Switch the lights out .
- Put the fire out .
- I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
- Deceitful men shall not live out half their days.
- The place was all decked out for the holidays.
Synonyms
* (not at home) awayAntonyms
* (not at home) inDerived terms
(terms derived from out) * all out * bottle out * bowl out * bug out * camp out * chicken out * chill out * churn out * coffeed out * come out of the closet * come out * coming out of one's ears * crank out * down and out * eat one's heart out * figure out * flesh out * foul out * freeze out * geek out * get out * go in one ear and out the other * hang out * hold out * inside out * iron out * kick out * kit out * knock out * lock out * one eighty out * opt out * out of fashion * out of it * out of joint * out of luck * out of one's mind * out of place * out of pocket * out of proportion * out of sorts * out of stock * out of the blue * out of the ordinary * out of the question * out of the way * out of the woods * out of tune * out of wedlock * out of work * out of * out there * out to lunch * out to, out to get someone * out-of-bounds * out-of-print * pig out * put out feelers * put out * rub out * suss out * turn out * wash out * way out * weed out * wipe out * zonk out * zoom outPreposition
(English prepositions)- He threw it out the door.
- It's raining out .
- It's cold out .
Synonyms
* (away from the inside) throughAntonyms
* (away from the inside) inNoun
(en noun)- They wrote the law to give those organizations an out .
- "Us London lawyers don't often get an out ; and when we do, we like to make the most of it, you know."
Verb
(en verb)- a king outed from his country
- The French have been outed of their holds.
AIG '''OutsCounterparties]" (online news article), ''[[w:Forbes, Forbes.com] .
- A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
- Truth will out .
Adjective
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- "Pray, is she out', or is she not? I am puzzled. She dined at the Parsonage, with the rest of you, which seemed like being '''''out'' ; and yet she says so little, that I can hardly suppose she ''is ."
- Did you hear? Their newest CD is out !
- It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
