| keep up | | |
| v. (competition) | 1. keep up | maintain a required pace or level.; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| ~ keep pace, keep step | maintain the same pace.; "The child cannot keep step with his big brother" |
| v. (stative) | 2. keep up, prolong, sustain | lengthen or extend in duration or space.; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" |
| ~ keep on, retain, continue, keep | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.; "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" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| v. (possession) | 3. conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve | keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction.; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" |
| ~ keep | look after; be the keeper of; have charge of.; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" |
| ~ embalm | preserve a dead body. |
| ~ plastinate | preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes.; "The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students" |
| ~ hold the line | hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant. |
| v. (change) | 4. follow, keep abreast, keep up | keep informed.; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" |
| ~ trace, follow | follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress" |
| v. (body) | 5. keep up | prevent from going to bed at night.; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam" |
| ~ sit up, stay up | not go to bed.; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" |
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