> as lemmas

to keep on

1. transitive. To maintain or retain in an existing condition or relation; to continue to hold, occupy, employ, entertain, or display.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain [verb (transitive)]

i-haldOE

sustainc1300

keepc1315

maintainc1390

conservea1425

continuec1460

entertain1490

persevere1502

uphold?1523

containa1538

petrifya1631

conservate1647

to keep on1669

to keep up1670

preserve1677

support1696

fix1712

ossify1800

fossilize1848

1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 439 Till the end of the quarter..her family should be kept on.

1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 10 If young, they are sometimes kept on for another season, and sent to fold.

1889 A. Sergeant Esther Denison I. i. xi. 138 Bingley asked him awkwardly whether he meant to ‘keep on the house’.

1890 Mrs. H. Wood House of Halliwell II. viii. 213 Let me reproach him as I will, he keeps on that provoking meekness.

2. To keep (a fire, etc.) going continuously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > keep fire going

foster?c1225

stove1590

to keep in1659

to keep up1840

to keep on1891

1891 Rev. of Reviews 15 Sept. 287/2 When a fire is needed to be kept on all night.

3. intransitive. To continue or persist in a course or action; to go on with something. Now frequently with present participle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)]

to hold a wayOE

to hold forthc1200

to hold ona1225

reignc1300

lasta1325

continuea1340

to continue doing or to doc1384

pursuea1425

perseverec1425

to hold one's wayc1480

prosecute1528

to go on1533

to run on1533

keep1548

to follow on1560

insist1586

to keep on1589

to carry on1832

to carry on1857

string1869

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 57 In this maner doth the Greeke dactilus begin slowly and keepe on swifter till th' end.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 458 The Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current..keepes due on To the Proponticke.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 255 We kept on all Night.

1856 Titan Mag. Dec. 516/1 ‘We shall never come across each other again’, she kept on saying to herself.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxii. 224 Strike quick, strike hard, and keep on striking.

†4. To keep the head covered. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of

to cover (one's head)c1340

scrub1590

wimple1591

sag1592

to go thina1610

to be covered1611

rustlea1616

to keep on1621

veil1714

to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834

smock-frock1840

pad1873

tighten1896

tight-lace1898

1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 314 They..keep on of all sides..counting it an opprobrious thing to see any men vncouer his head.

5. To remain fixed or attached; to stay on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached

sticka1350

steekc1390

holdc1400

hang1639

stay1684

to keep on1892

1892 Cassell's Family Mag. July 469/2 [His] buttons never keep on.

extracted from keepv.

to keep on

c. colloquial. to be on about: to keep talking about, to harp on, to speak or write about (a subject). to be on at (also to be on to): to nag or berate (a person). to keep on: to persist in speaking or questioning, to nag at a person. to go on about: see to go on 5b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. to go on at: see to go on 5b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)]

gremec893

grillc897

teenOE

mispay?c1225

agrillec1275

oftenec1275

tarya1300

tarc1300

atenec1320

enchafec1374

to-tarc1384

stingc1386

chafe?a1400

pokec1400

irec1420

ertc1440

rehete1447

nettlec1450

bog1546

tickle1548

touch1581

urge1593

aggravate1598

irritate1598

dishumour1600

to wind up1602

to pick at ——1603

outhumour1607

vex1625

bloody1633

efferate1653

rankle1659

spleen1689

splenetize1700

rile1724

roil1742

to put out1796

to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823

roughen1837

acerbate1845

to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846

nag1849

to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859

frump1862

rattle1865

to set up any one's bristles1873

urticate1873

needle1874

draw1876

to rough up1877

to stick pins into1879

to get on ——1880

to make (someone) tiredc1883

razoo1890

to get under a person's skin1896

to get a person's goat1905

to be on at1907

to get a person's nanny1909

cag1919

to get a person's nanny-goat1928

cagmag1932

peeve1934

tick-off1934

to get on a person's tits1945

to piss off1946

bug1947

to get up a person's nose1951

tee1955

bum1970

tick1975

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > expressing relation in mapping [preposition]

to be on about1907

into1949

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > dwell on something

to harp upon, on (of), a, one, the same (etc.) string?1531

to sing the same (or one) song1551

chant1572

ding1582

to go on1863

to keep on1907

riff1952

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > dwell upon or harp on about

to be on about1907

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adjective] > having specific correspondence > of mapping into or onto

to be on about1907

on to1942

into1949

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > irritate with

nag1849

to be on at1907

cagmag1932

niggle1997

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > behave like shrew [verb (transitive)] > nag or scold (a person)

to be on at1907

1907 N.E.D. at Ply v.² To keep on at (a person) with questions, petitions, arguments, etc.

a1909 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree (1912) ii. ii. 72 And there's this here man never letting us have a bit o' peace; but keeping on about being good and upright till 'tis carried to such a pitch as I never see the like afore nor since!

1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 8/2 Yesterday morning complainant was ‘on’ to him again about his religion.

1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets viii. 348 Marda's always asking me why I don't get a divorce... Last year she was always on about it.

1966 Listener 22 Dec. 939/1 A reflection that brings us back to atmosphere and art forms, which I was on about some weeks ago.

1980 B. Pym Few Green Leaves (1981) xxiv. 176 Miss Lee had been on at him to get in touch with the people who were supposed to be looking after it.

2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 70 You keep on at me about this any longer and it's no.

extracted from onadv.adj.n.¹

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单词	to keep on
释义	> as lemmas to keep on to keep on 1. transitive. To maintain or retain in an existing condition or relation; to continue to hold, occupy, employ, entertain, or display. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain [verb (transitive)] i-haldOE sustainc1300 keepc1315 maintainc1390 conservea1425 continuec1460 entertain1490 persevere1502 uphold?1523 containa1538 petrifya1631 conservate1647 to keep on1669 to keep up1670 preserve1677 support1696 fix1712 ossify1800 fossilize1848 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 439 Till the end of the quarter..her family should be kept on. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 10 If young, they are sometimes kept on for another season, and sent to fold. 1889 A. Sergeant Esther Denison I. i. xi. 138 Bingley asked him awkwardly whether he meant to ‘keep on the house’. 1890 Mrs. H. Wood House of Halliwell II. viii. 213 Let me reproach him as I will, he keeps on that provoking meekness. 2. To keep (a fire, etc.) going continuously. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > keep fire going foster?c1225 stove1590 to keep in1659 to keep up1840 to keep on1891 1891 Rev. of Reviews 15 Sept. 287/2 When a fire is needed to be kept on all night. 3. intransitive. To continue or persist in a course or action; to go on with something. Now frequently with present participle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] to hold a wayOE to hold forthc1200 to hold ona1225 reignc1300 lasta1325 continuea1340 to continue doing or to doc1384 pursuea1425 perseverec1425 to hold one's wayc1480 prosecute1528 to go on1533 to run on1533 keep1548 to follow on1560 insist1586 to keep on1589 to carry on1832 to carry on1857 string1869 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 57 In this maner doth the Greeke dactilus begin slowly and keepe on swifter till th' end. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 458 The Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current..keepes due on To the Proponticke. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 255 We kept on all Night. 1856 Titan Mag. Dec. 516/1 ‘We shall never come across each other again’, she kept on saying to herself. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxii. 224 Strike quick, strike hard, and keep on striking. †4. To keep the head covered. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of to cover (one's head)c1340 scrub1590 wimple1591 sag1592 to go thina1610 to be covered1611 rustlea1616 to keep on1621 veil1714 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 smock-frock1840 pad1873 tighten1896 tight-lace1898 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 314 They..keep on of all sides..counting it an opprobrious thing to see any men vncouer his head. 5. To remain fixed or attached; to stay on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached sticka1350 steekc1390 holdc1400 hang1639 stay1684 to keep on1892 1892 Cassell's Family Mag. July 469/2 [His] buttons never keep on. extracted from keepv. to keep on c. colloquial. to be on about: to keep talking about, to harp on, to speak or write about (a subject). to be on at (also to be on to): to nag or berate (a person). to keep on: to persist in speaking or questioning, to nag at a person. to go on about: see to go on 5b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. to go on at: see to go on 5b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > expressing relation in mapping [preposition] to be on about1907 into1949 the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > dwell on something to harp upon, on (of), a, one, the same (etc.) string?1531 to sing the same (or one) song1551 chant1572 ding1582 to go on1863 to keep on1907 riff1952 the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > dwell upon or harp on about to be on about1907 the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adjective] > having specific correspondence > of mapping into or onto to be on about1907 on to1942 into1949 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > irritate with nag1849 to be on at1907 cagmag1932 niggle1997 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > behave like shrew [verb (transitive)] > nag or scold (a person) to be on at1907 1907 N.E.D. at Ply v.² To keep on at (a person) with questions, petitions, arguments, etc. a1909 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree (1912) ii. ii. 72 And there's this here man never letting us have a bit o' peace; but keeping on about being good and upright till 'tis carried to such a pitch as I never see the like afore nor since! 1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 8/2 Yesterday morning complainant was ‘on’ to him again about his religion. 1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets viii. 348 Marda's always asking me why I don't get a divorce... Last year she was always on about it. 1966 Listener 22 Dec. 939/1 A reflection that brings us back to atmosphere and art forms, which I was on about some weeks ago. 1980 B. Pym Few Green Leaves (1981) xxiv. 176 Miss Lee had been on at him to get in touch with the people who were supposed to be looking after it. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 70 You keep on at me about this any longer and it's no. extracted from onadv.adj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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