A surname from Irish. / A surname from Scottish Gaelic. / A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage. / (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.

To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from. / To make and cause to remain secret. / To cause to be excluded or not present. / To protect or preserve from.

(transitive) To repress. / (transitive) To restrain or control (a sound). / (transitive) To cause not to increase or rise. / (transitive) Not to vomit.

(transitive, intransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).

exercises designed to promote physical fitness if performed regularly. / Organised group aerobics class

To exercise for physical fitness.

(intransitive) To refrain from coming (near). / (transitive) To prevent from coming (near).

(transitive) To persist in. / (transitive) To constrain (a person) to continue doing (a task).

(US, dated, chiefly eastern Pennsylvania) A lunchbox.

A surname.