"keep from" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keeps from [present, singular, third-person], keeping from [participle, present], kept from [participle, past], kept from [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> from}} keep from (third-person singular simple present keeps from, present participle keeping from, simple past and past participle kept from), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_from-en-verb-8S0KDOA~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "from", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 27 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "from": 23 26 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 29 31 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 34 16
  2. To make and cause to remain secret. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_from-en-verb-18zTsMM~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "from", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 27 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "from": 23 26 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 29 31 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 34 16
  3. To cause to be excluded or not present. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_from-en-verb-VbZ9qhcG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "from", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 27 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "from": 23 26 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 29 31 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 34 16
  4. To protect or preserve from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_from-en-verb-EzH0gtEN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "from", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 27 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "from": 23 26 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 29 31 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 30 34 16

Inflected forms

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          "text": "What else did your brother keep from me?",
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          "text": "He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.",
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          "text": "I don't want to keep you from school.",
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        "To cause to be excluded or not present."
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