keep
keeping money MONEY
places where we keep clothes, food, books, cars CLOTHES, FOOD, BOOK, CAR
- to continue to have sth: keep* sth, (informal) hang* onto sth, (formal) retain sth
You can keep that book; I don't need it any more. ◎ I 'd like to hang on to this video for another week, if that's all right. ◎ Please retain your ticket while you are on the train.
- to bring together a number of objects of a particular type over a period of time because they interest you: collect sth; a person who does this: collector; the things which are collected: collection
a collector of fossils ◎ a stamp collection
※ not keeping sth
- to be unable to find sth: lose* sth
She's lost the car keys!
- to give sth, often sth that you no longer want, without asking for or receiving money in return: give* sth away
We don't need these clothes any more. Why don't we give them away?
- to remove sth that you do not want: get* rid of sth; to do this by, for example, putting sth in a dustbin: throw* sth away/out
I can't find Sunday's paper. Do you think I threw it out with the rubbish?
※ more on losing and giving LOSE, GIVE
※ keeping things for use in the future
- if you do not want to give sth or sell sth to sb, you hold* on to it
Whatever our money problems we must try to hold on to the house.
- if you do not throw sth away or if you do not use all of it, you save sth (for sb/sth), save sb sth
Save that box - it might come in useful. ◎ I'll be home late so please save me some dinner.
- to keep sth to use in the future: store sth
Store the biscuits in a cool dry place.
- an amount of sth that you keep to use in the future: store
a store of potatoes for the winter
- something you keep for a special reason or to use later: reserve
coal/oil/gold reserves ◎ a reserve water supply
※ saving money MONEY
※ keeping things safe or in a good condition
- to keep sth, such as a house or a machine, in a good condition: maintain sth; noun (U): maintenance
to maintain your house ◎ routine maintenance of the gas boiler
- to keep sth safe or in a good condition: preserve sth; noun (U): preservation
They've managed to preserve most of the wall paintings in the caves.
- the work of protecting wild animals and the countryside: conservation (noun U)
- an area of land where the plants, animals, etc, are protected by law: reserve
a nature reserve ◎ a game reserve
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- to keep money or sth valuable or useful until a later time when you may really need it: save (sth) for a rainy day
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