Synonyms: breed, raise, rear, farm
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kiːp/ |
| Hyphenation | keep |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑒𐑰𐑐 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) keep | (I) kept |
| (thou) keepest | (thou) keptst, keptest |
| (he) keeps, keepeth | (he) kept |
| (we) keep | (we) kept |
| (you) keep | (you) kept |
| (they) keep | (they) kept |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) keep | (I) kept |
| (thou) keep | (thou) kept |
| (he) keep | (he) kept |
| (we) keep | (we) kept |
| (you) keep | (you) kept |
| (they) keep | (they) kept |
| Imperative mood | |
| keep | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| keeping | kept |
| Afrikaans | aanteel |
|---|---|
| Catalan | criar animals |
| Czech | chovat; pěstovat; vypěstovat |
| Danish | avle |
| Dutch | fokken |
| Esperanto | bredi |
| Faeroese | ala |
| French | élever |
| German | züchten; ziehen; brüten |
| Papiamento | rasa |
| Portuguese | criar; cultivar; melhorar |
| Romanian | crește; îngriji |
| Saterland Frisian | Dierte tuchtje |
| Spanish | criar |
| West Frisian | fokke |