Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.

  2. (transitive)To make and cause to remain secret.

    What else did your brother keep from me?

  3. (transitive)To cause to be excluded or not present.

    He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.

    I don't want to keep you from school.

  4. (transitive)To protect or preserve from.

    As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.

Examples

624 sentences
  1. I don't keep secrets from you.

    У мене від тебе немає секретів. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет от тебя секретов. — Balamax

    deIch habe keine Geheimnisse vor dir. — Esperantostern

  2. Tom kept many secrets from Mary.

    У Тома було багато секретів від Мері. — deniko

  3. Bad weather kept us from going out.

    Погана погода завадали нам піти на вулицю. — deniko

    ruПлохая погода помешала нам выйти из дома. — marafon

  4. You won't keep me from doing that, will you?

    Ти ж не завадиш мені зробити це, чи не так? — deniko

  5. You should tell Tom to keep away from Mary.

    Тобі слід сказати Тому, щоб він тримався подали від Мері. — deniko

Forms

keeps from, keeping from, kept from, kept from
Base formkeep from · to keep from
3rd person singularkeeps from
Present participlekeeping from
Past simplekept from
Past participlekept from

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep from
he, she, itkeeps from

Past simpleLesson

all personskept from

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept from
he, she, ithas kept from

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep from

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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