Keep

What “Keep” means

Verb

1. To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
2. To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
3. To hold the status of something.
4. To hold the status of something.
5. To hold the status of something.

Noun

1. The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
2. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
3. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
4. A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
5. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English kepen (“to keep, guard, look after, watch”), from Old English cēpan (“to seize, hold, observe”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną (“to look, heed, watch, observe”) (compare West Frisian kypje (“to look”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵab-, *ǵāb- (“to look after”) (compare Lithuanian žẽbti (“to eat reluctantly”), Russian забо́та (zabóta, “care, worry”)). The dialectal sense of the verb meaning “to put back” or “put away” may be analyzed as a semantic loan from a local language—compare Welsh cadw and Mandarin 收 (shōu).

From Middle English kepe, kep, from the verb (see above).

Business name ideas with “Keep”

Industries where “Keep” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Storage Facility
• Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units