keep

to keep silence;  to keep possession

to keep one's word;  to keep one's promise

I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.

I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.

I used to keep a diary.

Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart, for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad[…].

I keep my pet gerbil away from my brother.

May the Lord keep you from harm.

He kept a mistress for over ten years.

He has been keeping orchids since retiring.

like a pedant that keeps a school

She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.

I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.

Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.

The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.

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

Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.

[…] kepe that the lustes choke not the word of God that is sowen in vs,

School keeps today.

I have kept the faith: […]

[…] ’tis hallowed ground;

No Maid seeks here her strayed Cow, or Sheep,

Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep:

The feast of St. Stephen is kept on December 26.