keep up

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verb

1. maintain a required pace or level (Freq. 6)
- He could not keep up and dropped out of the race
• Hyponyms:
keep step, keep pace
• Entailment:
compete, vie, contend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. lengthen or extend in duration or space (Freq. 5)
- We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
- prolong the treatment of the patient
- keep up the good work
• Syn:
prolong, sustain
• Derivationally related forms:
sustainable (for: sustain), sustainer (for: sustain), sustenance (for: sustain), prolongation (for: prolong)
• Hypernyms:
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
• Hyponyms:
retain, continue, keep, keep on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (Freq. 4)
- We preserve these archeological findings
- The old lady could not keep up the building
- children must be taught to conserve our national heritage
- The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
• Syn:
conserve, preserve, maintain
• Derivationally related forms:
maintenance (for: maintain), preservative (for: preserve), preservation (for: preserve), conservation (for: conserve)
• Hypernyms:
keep
• Hyponyms:
embalm, plastinate, hold the line
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. keep informed (Freq. 2)
- He kept up on his country's foreign policies
• Syn:
keep abreast, follow
• Verb Group:
trace, follow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
5. prevent from going to bed at night
- The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night
- I kept myself up all night studying for the exam
• Cause:
stay up, sit up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody