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# keeper

«keeper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who looks after something or someone, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a keeper, keepers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A keeper is a person who looks after something or someone, like a zookeeper or a shopkeeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#m1)

2) In football and hockey, the keeper (goalkeeper) stops the ball going into the goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#m2)

3) In cricket, the wicketkeeper stands behind the stumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#m3)

4) Informally, a keeper is someone or something worth keeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories keepers guard places (a lighthouse keeper, the keeper of the keys); in PE the keeper protects the goal. Phrases: «goalkeeper», «zookeeper», «shopkeeper», «beekeeper», «finders keepers».

### examples

- The keeper caught the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x1)
- The zookeeper fed the penguins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x2)
- The lighthouse keeper lived alone on the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x3)
- My uncle is a beekeeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x4)
- The shopkeeper gave me my change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x5)
- This drawing is a keeper! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x6)
- «Finders keepers!» shouted my brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x7)
- "I'm Elfin, the pig keeper," said the ragged youth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/#x8)

### note

Countable. Often in compounds (goalkeeper, timekeeper, housekeeper). «Finders keepers» is a playground saying, but in real life lost things should be handed in or returned to their owner.

### In the corpora

- [Keepers sometimes spray perfume or spices in an enclosure, because new smells give cats something to explore, like a new toy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/12/)
- [A long, hard stare can be a challenge in gorilla language, so keepers ask visitors not to stare at the gorillas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees/12/)
- [Keepers have «hands-off» rules for dangerous animals and «hands-on» care for gentle ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/8/)
- [«Finders keepers, losers weepers» is a playground rhyme, not a rule.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/3/)
- [«Finders keepers» is a rhyme, not a rule; a lost thing still belongs to its owner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «keeper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keeper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.