(v): keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"
(v): keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
(v): look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
(v): use cautiously and frugally
(v): to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
(v): preserve with sugar
(v): prevent (food) from rotting
(n): fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
(n): preserved or candied fruit