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 | ||