keep

verbA1UK [kiːp] US [k̟çi(ː)p]

To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.transitive
To remain faithful to a given promise or word.transitive

To hold the status of something.

To maintain possession of.transitive
To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.ditransitive, transitive
To record transactions, accounts, or events in.transitive
To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.transitive
To restrain.transitive
To watch over, look after, guard, protect.transitive
To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).transitive
To raise; to care for.transitive
To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).transitive
To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.transitive
To have habitually in stock for sale.transitive

To hold or be held in a state.

To act as wicket-keeper.intransitive
To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.transitive
To visit (a place) often; to frequent.broadly, dated, transitive
To observe or celebrate (a holiday).dated, transitive
To put (something) back (to its original location or appropriate place); to put away.Singapore, Wales, transitive

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It's useless to keep on thinking any more.

My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!