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Grammar : Verb
Spell : keep
Phonetic Transcription : kip



Definition of keeps down

Origin :
  • late Old English cepan "to seize, hold," also "to observe," from Proto-Germanic *kopijanan, but with no certain connection to other languages. It possibly is related to Old English capian "to look," from Proto-Germanic *kap- (cepan was used c.1000 to render Latin observare), which would make the basic sense "to keep an eye on."
  • The word prob. belongs primarily to the vulgar and non-literary stratum of the language; but it comes up suddenly into literary use c.1000, and that in many senses, indicating considerable previous development. [OED]
  • Sense of "preserve, maintain" is from mid-14c. Meaning "to maintain in proper order" is from 1550s; meaning "financially support and privately control" (usually in reference to mistresses) is from 1540s. Related: Kept; keeping.
  • As in mute : verb muffle, tone down sound
  • As in oppress : verb depress, subdue
  • As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
  • As in silence : verb make or be quiet
  • As in quieten : verb silence
  • As in shush : verb silence
Example sentences :
  • In front a flat piece of iron enters the mouth and keeps down the tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • It's duty that keeps down the overgrowths that luxury incites.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Interviews » by W. D. Howells
  • They say that it keeps down revolution; it keeps the Indian in his place.
  • Extract from : « The Andes of Southern Peru » by Isaiah Bowman
  • They earn nearly twice as much, and it is the difficulty of getting enough men for this work that keeps down production.
  • Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis
  • A few inches excludes the wind, yet keeps down the temperature so as to prevent dripping from the interior.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 » by Various
  • This keeps down the population, and has prevailed for at least one hundred and twenty years.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 699 » by Various
  • But it has been found that he does more good by the weeds he keeps down than harm by the grain he eats.
  • Extract from : « The Children's Book of Birds » by Olive Thorne Miller
  • But an application every few hours keeps down the intolerable itching, which is the most annoying feature of sumach poisoning.
  • Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
  • She directs the servants, reproves them if necessary, superintends the accounts, and keeps down expenses.
  • Extract from : « Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo » by Louis Guimbaud
  • It is the cost of transportation that keeps down value on their lands; lower this, and land rises at once.
  • Extract from : « Two Years in Oregon » by Wallis Nash

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