Meaning

11 senses
  1. One who keeps (retains) something.

    Finders keepers; losers weepers.

  2. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

  3. A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.

  4. (informal)A person or thing worth keeping.

  5. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

    Wächter, Hüter

    сто́рожstórož, охра́нникoxránnik, стра́жникstrážnik

  6. The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket; a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.

  7. At Eton College, a student who is the captain of a sport or an activity such as drama.

  8. 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.

    контрга́йкаkontrgájka

  9. 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.

  10. An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.

  11. Synonym of armature (“piece of metal connecting the poles of a magnet to preserve its strength by forming a circuit”).

More definitions
  • someone in charge of other people
  • one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

Examples

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  1. Tom is a lighthouse keeper and leads a lonely life.

    ruТом — сторож на маяке и ведёт уединённую жизнь.

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  2. Tom is a keeper.

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  3. Tom is a goal keeper.

    ruТом - вратарь.

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  4. You're a keeper.

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  5. The keeper hasn't had a save to make.

    Воротарю не довелося вступати в гру.

    deDer Torhüter hatte keinen Ball zu halten.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
person who keeps something:
guard, custodian:
part of mechanism:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who keeps something:
guard, custodian:

Origin

From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er.

From Middle English kepere. By surface analysis, keep + -er.

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