Meaning of keeper | Babel Free

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1. One who keeps (retains) something.
2. An English surname originating as an occupation for the keeper of a castle.
3. A person who is legally responsible for the person or property of another considered by law to be incompetent to manage his or her affairs:caretaker, custodian, guardian.
4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
5. food and lodging. She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep – she kills all the mice in the house. onderhoud قوت، إعالَه прехрана sustento obživa der Unterhalt kost; ophold συντήρηση, έξοδα συντήρησης sustento elatis خرج؛ معاش ylöspito entretien, nourritureפרנסה, כלכלה खाना-कपड़ा uzdržavanje eltartás biaya hidup uppihald, fæði og húsnæði mantenimento, sostentamento; da vivere 生活費 생활 필수품 išlaikymas iztika; uzturs bekalan kostkost og losji, forpleiningutr...
6. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
7. care or charge. The money had been given into his keeping. onderhou, bewaar عنايَه، مَسؤوليَّه съхранение sustento opatrování der Gewahrsam varetægt φύλαξη, φροντίδαcuidado hoid نگهداری؛ تصدی hoito gardeשמירה सुरक्षा, देख-भाल čuvanje tartás tanggung jawab varðveisla custodia 保管 관리, 보존 saugojimas glabāšana; pārziņa; turēšana simpanan bewaringvaretekt, forvaringpiecza ساتل،په غاړه لرل sustento păstrare сохранность úschova varstvo čuvanje förvar, vård การเฝ้า; การดูแล; การอารักขา; การคุ้มครอง; ก...
8. A person or thing worth keeping.
   informal
9. a series or system of exercises, usually simple, intended to improve the physical condition of ordinary people, especially women. She's very keen on keep-fit but it doesn't do her much good; (also adjective) keep-fit exercises. bly-fiks تمارين المحافظَه على اللياقَه البدنيَّه поддържане във форма manutenção kondiční cvičení; kondiční sich gesund halten motionering; motions- γυμναστική, γυμναστικός ejercicios de mantenimiento rütmivõimlemine نرمش؛ ورزش سبک kuntoilu gymnastique לִשמוֹר עַל כּוֹ...
   usually
10. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
11. something given or taken to be kept in memory of the giver. She gave him a piece of her hair as a keepsake. aandenking هَدِيَّه رَمزيَّه للتِّذْكار нещо за спомен recordação dárek na památku, suvenýr das Andenken minde ενθύμιοrecuerdo mälestus(ese) یادگاری muistoesine souvenirמזכרת निशानी uspomena emlék(tárgy) kenang-kenangan minjagripur ricordo 記念品 유품 atminimo dovana piemiņlieta tanda kenangan aandenkenminne, suvenirpamiątka خاطره،يادښت recordação amintire сувенир suvenír, darček na pamiatku...
12. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
13. permanently. You can have this necklace for keeps. vir altyd للأبَـد، دائِما завинаги para sempre navždy für immer beholde για πάντα para siempre päriseks برای همیشه omaksi pour de bon לְתָמִיד हमेशा के लिए zauvijek örökre untuk selamanya fyrir fullt og allt per sempre いつまでも 영원히 visam laikui uz visiem laikiem kekal voorgoedtil odel og eie, for bestandigna zawsze د تل لپاره،هر وخت para sempre pentru totdeauna навсегда natrvalo za vedno zauvek för alltid, för gott ตลอดกาล; ชั่วนิรันดร์ ebediyen...
14. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.
15. suited to. He has moved to a house more in keeping with his position as a headmaster. in pas مناسِب لِ، مُلائِم подходящ de acordo com vhodný in Einklang mit passe til; svare til σύμφωνος, ταιριαστός με conforme, en armonía con kooskõlas بر طبق sopusoinnussa en rapport avec תואם के अनुरूप sukladno összhangban vmivel sesuai í samræmi við in armonia/tono con, coerente con ～にふさわしい ...와 일치하여 tinkantis, atitinkantis saskaņā ar; atbilstoši bersesuaian in overeenstemming met som passer/stemmer overe...
16. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
17. to (cause to) remain at a distance. Keep away – it's dangerous! wegbly يَبْتَعِد، يَبْقى بعيدا стоя/държа на страна afastar-se držet se opodál wegbleiben holde sig væk κρατώ ή κρατιέμαι σε απόσταση mantener a distancia eemale hoidma فاصله را حفظ کردن pysyä kaukana ne pas s'approcher (de) לְהִתרַחֵק दूर रहना, दूर रखना držati podalje távol marad menjauh halda sig fjarri, varúð stare lontano 離れる 피하다 nesiartinti, laikytis toliau (nuo) turēties atstatu; sargāties jangan dekat uit de buurt houden/b...
18. A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
19. to stay quite far away. The deer did not trust us and kept their distance. onttrek يبتَعْد، يَبقى على مسافةٍ بعيدَه не се доближавам manter distância nepřibližovat se auf Distanz bleiben holde sig på afstand κρατιέμαι μακριά mantenerse a distancia distantsi hoidma فاصله گرفتن pysyä etäällä se tenir à distance לִשמוֹר מֶרחָק दूर रहना održavati razdaljinu távol marad menjauh halda sig í fjarlægð tenere le distanze 近寄らない 일정한 거리를 두다 laikytis atokiai turēties pa gabalu menjauhi op een afstand blij...
20. An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
21. to perform one's part in something just as well as all the others who are involved. jou man staan, jou deel bydra يُنْجِزُ عَمَلَه مثل الآخرين справям се fazer a sua parte počínat si dobře seinen Teil beitragen følge med κάνω το καθήκον μου όπως και οι άλλοι hacer su parte, hacer la parte que a uno le corresponde enda eest väljas olema سهم خو را به خوبی انجام دادن pärjätä faire sa part לְמָלֵא אֶת חוֹבָתוֹ अपना और दूसरे का हिस्सा भी निबाहना održavati razinu nem hagyja magát ikut giat skila sí...
22. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).

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Examples

“Finders keepers; losers weepers.”

“discreet; chaste; keepers at home”

“I was not altogether surprised: they seemed to be, even more than people in the surrounding wolds, stolid keepers-to-themselves, impossible to stir, dourly determined to stick to the firm routine of their lives[…]”

“Roxbury Russet: Market and keeper.”

“And mark you, good keepers are some years bad keepers, as this year; and a hard, heavy, unbruisable Apple that really will keep to late on in the season is doubly valuable.”

“"Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.”

“When he brought me home and volunteered to come with me while I walked my dog, Max, I knew he was a keeper.”

“We hadn't dated for long when he said those three magic words: "I'll cook tonight." I knew he was a keeper.”

“And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?”

“The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.”

“England should have capitalised on their growing momentum to win, but Darren Bent failed to reproduce the finishing touches that have brought him goals in three successive appearances. He was blocked by Diego Benaglio when he was played in by Wilshere then blazed over the top of an open goal late on after Young's shot was saved by Switzerland's keeper.”

“The all-whalebone crop, braided with gut, pigskin handle, single brown stitched leather keeper, and close[…]”

““When we catch you—” A brief but vivid fantasy of the nose-ringed girl trailing a riding crop's cool leather keeper over her clenched and trembling ass shoved its way eagerly into Fran's imagination. “—we're gonna[…]””

“The continuous lines indicate the moments, when the magnet and keeper of equal diameter (10.5mm) act upon each other […]”

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