English dictionary
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English verb: keep down | |||
| 1. | keep down (change) place a limit on the number of | ||
| Synonyms | number | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | circumscribe, confine, limit | ||
| 2. | keep down (social) put down by force or intimidation | ||
| Samples | The government quashes any attempt of an uprising. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land. | ||
| Synonyms | quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crush, oppress, suppress | ||
| 3. | keep down (body) manage not to throw up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Antonyms | barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, cat, disgorge, spue, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast | ||
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