[syn: keep off, stay off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
keep off
v 1: refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off
drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the
day" [syn: keep off, avoid]
2: refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass";
"stay off the premises" [syn: keep off, stay off]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "keep off":
anticipate, avert, bar, beat back, beat off, block, brush off,
chase, chase away, chase off, check, counter, cut, debar, deflect,
deter, discourage, dishearten, dismiss, drive away, drive back,
estop, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, help,
hinder, hold at bay, hold off, keep at bay, keep from, obstruct,
obviate, pack off, parry, preclude, prevent, prohibit, push back,
put back, rebuff, rebut, refuse, repel, repulse, rule out, save,
send away, send off, send packing, snub, spurn, stave off, stop,
thrust back, turn aside, turn back, ward off