"keep from" meaning in English

See keep from in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: keeps from [present, singular, third-person], keeping from [participle, present], keeped from [participle, past], keeped from [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} keep from (third-person singular simple present keeps from, present participle keeping from, simple past and past participle keeped from)
  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~
  2. To make and cause to remain secret. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_from-en-verb-18zTsMM~
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 12 54 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "from": 18 10 52 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 15 60 13
  4. To protect or preserve from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_from-en-verb-EzH0gtEN
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeped from",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeped from",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:",
          "text": "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_from-en-verb-8S0KDOA~",
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What else did your brother keep from me?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To make and cause to remain secret."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_from-en-verb-18zTsMM~",
      "links": [
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "13 12 54 20",
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          "_dis": "18 10 52 20",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"from\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 15 60 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't want to keep you from school.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to be excluded or not present."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_from-en-verb-VbZ9qhcG",
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        [
          "exclude",
          "exclude"
        ],
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          "present",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To protect or preserve from."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_from-en-verb-EzH0gtEN",
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          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep from"
}
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    {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:",
          "text": "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from."
      ],
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          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ]
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "What else did your brother keep from me?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To make and cause to remain secret."
      ],
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          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ]
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't want to keep you from school.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to be excluded or not present."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exclude",
          "exclude"
        ],
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          "present",
          "present#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To protect or preserve from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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