<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.</li><li>to send or carry off; transport, especially forcibly: The country deported its criminals.</li><li>to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to continue in an action, course, position, state, etc.: to keep in sight; to keep going.</li><li>to remain, or continue to be, as specified: to keep cool.</li><li>to remain or stay in a particular place: to keep indoors.</li><li>to continue unimpaired or without spoiling: The food will keep on ice.</li><li>to admit of being reserved for a future occasion: I have more to tell you, but it will keep.</li><li>to keep oneself or itself as specified (followed by away, back, off, out, etc.): Keep off the grass.</li><li>to restrain oneself; refrain (usually followed by from): Try to keep from smiling.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>board and lodging; subsistence; support: to work for one's keep.</li><li>the innermost and strongest structure or central tower of a medieval castle.</li><li>keeps (used with a singular verb): a game of marbles in which the players keep the marbles they have won.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to adhere to; conform to: She keeps to the rules.</li><li>to confine oneself to: to keep to one's bed.</li><li>to maintain an equal rate of speed, activity, or progress with another or others.</li><li>to persevere; continue.</li><li>to maintain the good condition of; keep in repair. Also keep up on/with.</li><li>to stay informed: to keep up on current events.</li><li>to match one's friends, neighbors, business associates, etc., in success, affluence, etc.</li><li>to continue; persist: If you keep on singing they'll ask you to leave.</li><li>to stay in someone's favor; be on good terms with: They are social climbers who make certain to keep in with all the right people.</li><li>to hold under control or at a reduced or acceptable level: to keep your voice down.</li><li>to prevent from going up or increasing: to keep prices down.</li><li>to hold in check; restrain: The dikes kept back the floodwaters.</li><li>to stay away from: The crowds would not keep back from the barrier.</li><li>to refuse to reveal: The prisoner was keeping back vital information.</li><li>to persist in; be steadfast: You'll never master your French unless you keep at it.</li></ul>