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 →

2) In football and hockey, the keeper (goalkeeper) stops the ball going into the goal. tree →

3) In cricket, the wicketkeeper stands behind the stumps. tree →

4) Informally, a keeper is someone or something worth keeping. tree →

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 →
• The zookeeper fed the penguins. tree →
• The lighthouse keeper lived alone on the island. tree →
• My uncle is a beekeeper. tree →
• The shopkeeper gave me my change. tree →
• This drawing is a keeper! tree →
• «Finders keepers!» shouted my brother. tree →
• "I'm Elfin, the pig keeper," said the ragged youth. tree →

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.
• A long, hard stare can be a challenge in gorilla language, so keepers ask visitors not to stare at the gorillas.
• Keepers have «hands-off» rules for dangerous animals and «hands-on» care for gentle ones.
• «Finders keepers, losers weepers» is a playground rhyme, not a rule.
• «Finders keepers» is a rhyme, not a rule; a lost thing still belongs to its owner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «keeper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.