Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.45 in modern English

Syllables: keep- -down
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To restrain or control (a sound).

Transitive verb

verb

To cause not to increase or rise.

Transitive verb

verb

To retain in the stomach without vomiting.

Transitive verb

verb

To lie low; to stay concealed by not standing up.

Intransitive verb

verb

To refrain from using capital letters more than absolutely necessary.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The dictatorial state keeps down its dissidents very efficiently."
"Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom / Well, who am I to keep you down? / It's only right that you should play the way you feel it / But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness"
"We must keep the noise down, or the neighbours will complain."
"Keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to sleep!"
"It is essential to keep the numbers down to avoid overcrowding."
"It is difficult to keep anything down when you have the flu."

Usage

Inflected Forms

keeps down (present, singular) keeping down (participle, present) kept down (participle, past) kept down (past)

Phrases

keep it down you can't keep a good man down

Synonyms

number repress quash subdue subjugate reduce

Antonyms

keep up

Questions

What does keep down mean?: To repress.

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