verb (
mainly adverb)
1. (intransitive; also preposition) to stay indoors
2. (transitive) to restrain (an emotion); repress
3. (transitive) to detain (a schoolchild) after hours as a punishment
4. (of a fire) to stay alight or to cause (a fire) to stay alight
5. (transitive, prep) to allow a constant supply of: her prize money kept her in new clothes for a year
6. keep in with, to maintain good relations with