Commit and Keep

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

• The financial means whereby one lives.
  • usage: "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
  • synonyms: support, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
• The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress.
  • synonyms: donjon, dungeon
• A cell in a jail or prison.
  • synonyms: hold

verb

• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: maintain, hold
• Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
  • usage: "Keep on working"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  • synonyms: continue, go on, proceed, go along
• Retain possession of.
  • usage: "Can I keep my old stuffed animals"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
  • synonyms: hold on
• Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.
  • usage: "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
  • synonyms: prevent
• Conform one's action or practice to.
  • usage: "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
  • synonyms: observe
• Stick to correctly or closely.
  • usage: "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
  • synonyms: observe, maintain
• Look after; be the keeper of; have charge of.
  • usage: "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
• Maintain by writing regular records.
  • usage: "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
  • synonyms: maintain
• Supply with room and board.
  • usage: "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
• Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
  • usage: "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
  • synonyms: retain, continue, keep on
• Supply with necessities and support.
  • usage: "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
  • synonyms: sustain, maintain
• Fail to spoil or rot.
  • usage: "These potatoes keep for a long time"
  • synonyms: stay fresh
• Behave as expected during of holidays or rites.
  • usage: "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
  • synonyms: observe, celebrate
• Keep under control; keep in check.
  • usage: "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
  • synonyms: restrain, keep back, hold back
• Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger.
  • usage: "May God keep you"
  • synonyms: preserve
• Raise.
  • usage: "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees"
• Retain rights to.
  • usage: "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
  • synonyms: keep open, hold open, save
• Store or keep customarily.
  • usage: "Where do you keep your gardening tools"
• Have as a supply.
  • usage: "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator"
• Maintain for use and service.
  • usage: "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
  • synonyms: maintain
• Hold and prevent from leaving.
  • usage: "The student was kept after school"
• Prevent (food) from rotting.
  • usage: "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
  • synonyms: preserve

• (v.t.) To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
• (v.t.) To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.
• (n.) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
• (v.i.) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
• (v.t.) To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to frequent.
• (v.t.) To observe duty, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
• (v.t.) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.
• (v.t.) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.
• (v.t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
• (n.) The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.
• (v.i.) To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.
• (v.t.) To record transactions, accounts or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.
• (n.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.
• (v.t.) To care; to desire.
• (v.t.) To preserve from danger, harm or loss; to guard.
• (v.t.) To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal or betray, as a secret.
• (v.i.) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• (n.) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
• (n.) The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.
• (v.t.) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.
• (v.t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
• (v.t.) To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.
• (v.i.) To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.
• (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle.
• (v.t.) To maintain, as an establishment, institution or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
• (v.t.) To have habitually in stock for sale.
• (v.i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company or out reach.