Synonyms: restrain, detain, inhibit, prevent, stop, withhold
| 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 |
| Catalan | apartar; contenir; detenir |
|---|---|
| Czech | zadržet |
| Dutch | afhouden; onthouden; weghouden |
| Esperanto | deteni |
| German | abhalten |
| Polish | powstrzymywać |
| Portuguese | deter; reter |
| Saterland Frisian | touräächhoolde; ferhinderje; lätte; ferwoarje; mäite |
| Spanish | apartar; contener; detener |