Usually means: Maintains possession or holds onto.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word keeps:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. keeps: Merriam-Webster
  2. keeps: Collins English Dictionary
  3. keeps: Vocabulary.com
  4. Keep's, Keeps, keep's, keeps: Wordnik
  5. keeps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Keeps, keeps: Wiktionary
  7. keeps: Dictionary.com
  8. keeps: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Keeps: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. keeps: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keeps: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keeps: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keeps: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. KEEPS: Acronym Finder
  2. keeps: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. keeps: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See keep as well.)

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