keep off

Definition of Keep Off in English :

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Verb

1. avoid, keep off

refrain from certain foods or beverages

Example Sentences:
'I keep off drugs'
'During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day'

avoid

2. keep off, stay off

refrain from entering or walking onto

Example Sentences:
'keep off the grass'
'stay off the premises'

stay off

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Keep Off

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verb

1.

to stay or cause to stay at a distance (from)

2. (preposition)

not to eat or drink or prevent from eating or drinking

3. (preposition)

to avoid or cause to avoid (a topic)

4. (intr, adverb)

not to start

the rain kept off all day

Keep Off

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v. kept, keep·ing, keeps

v.tr.

1. To retain possession of: kept the change; must keep your composure.

2. To have as a supply: keep spare parts in case of emergency.

3.

a. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support: "There's little to earn and many to keep" (Charles Kingsley).

b. To support (a mistress or lover) financially.

4. To put customarily; store: Where do you keep your saw?

5.

a. To supply with room and board for a charge: keep boarders.

b. To raise: keep chickens.

6. To maintain for use or service: an urbanite who didn't keep a car.

7. To manage, tend, or have charge of: Keep the shop while I'm away.

8. To preserve (food).

9. To cause to continue in a state, condition, or course of action: tried to keep the patient calm.

10.

a. To maintain records or entries in: keep a yearly diary.

b. To enter (data) in a book: keep financial records.

11.

a. To detain: was kept after school.

b. To restrain: kept the child away from the stove; kept the crowd back with barriers.

c. To prevent or deter: tried to keep the ice from melting.

d. To refrain from divulging: keep a secret.

e. To save; reserve: keep extra money for emergencies.

12. To adhere or conform to; follow: keep late hours.

13. To be faithful to; fulfill: keep one's word.

14. To celebrate; observe: keep the Sabbath.

v.intr.

1. To remain in a state or condition; stay: keep in line; keep quiet; kept well.

2. To continue to do: keep on talking; keep guessing.

3. To remain fresh or unspoiled: The dessert won't keep.

4. To restrain oneself; hold oneself back: I couldn't keep from eavesdropping.

n.

1. Care; charge: The child is in my keep for the day.

2. The means by which one is supported: earn one's keep.

3.

a. The stronghold of a castle.

b. A jail.

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