keep up

English Thesaurus

1. prevent from going to bed at night (verb.body)

cause	:	sit up, stay up,
definition	:	not go to bed (verb.body)

2. keep informed (verb.change)

verb group	:	follow, trace,
definition	:	follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something (verb.cognition)

3. maintain a required pace or level (verb.competition)

hyponym	:	keep pace, keep step,
definition	:	maintain the same pace (verb.competition)

entail	:	compete, contend, vie,
definition	:	compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others (verb.competition)

4. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	keep,
definition	:	look after; be the keeper of; have charge of (verb.possession)

hyponym	:	embalm,
definition	:	preserve a dead body (verb.possession)

hyponym	:	plastinate,
definition	:	preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes (verb.possession)

hyponym	:	hold the line,
definition	:	hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant (verb.possession)

5. lengthen or extend in duration or space (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold,
definition	:	keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	continue, keep, keep on, retain,
definition	:	allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature (verb.social)

6. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (verb.possession)

derivation	:	care, maintenance, upkeep,
definition	:	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order (noun.act)

derivation	:	preservation, saving,
definition	:	the activity of protecting something from loss or danger (noun.act)

derivation	:	conservation,
definition	:	the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources (noun.act)

derivation	:	conservation, preservation,
definition	:	an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change (noun.event)

derivation	:	preservative,
definition	:	tending or having the power to preserve (adj.all)

7. lengthen or extend in duration or space (verb.stative)

derivation	:	lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction,
definition	:	the act of prolonging something (noun.act)

derivation	:	maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep,
definition	:	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence (noun.act)

derivation	:	continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction,
definition	:	the consequence of being lengthened in duration (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	maintainer, sustainer, upholder,
definition	:	someone who upholds or maintains (noun.person)

derivation	:	sustainable,
definition	:	capable of being sustained (adj.pert)

8. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (verb.possession)

derivation	:	care, maintenance, upkeep,
definition	:	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order (noun.act)

derivation	:	preservation, saving,
definition	:	the activity of protecting something from loss or danger (noun.act)

derivation	:	conservation,
definition	:	the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources (noun.act)

derivation	:	conservation, preservation,
definition	:	an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change (noun.event)

derivation	:	preservative,
definition	:	tending or having the power to preserve (adj.all)

9. lengthen or extend in duration or space (verb.stative)

derivation	:	lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction,
definition	:	the act of prolonging something (noun.act)

derivation	:	maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep,
definition	:	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence (noun.act)

derivation	:	continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction,
definition	:	the consequence of being lengthened in duration (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	maintainer, sustainer, upholder,
definition	:	someone who upholds or maintains (noun.person)

derivation	:	sustainable,
definition	:	capable of being sustained (adj.pert)