Definitions for keep down
keep down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. number, keep downverb

   place a limit on the number of

2. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduceverb

   put down by force or intimidation

   "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

3. keep downverb

   manage not to throw up

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. keep downverb

   To repress.

2. keep downverb

   To restrain or control (a sound).

3. keep downverb

   To cause not to increase or rise.

4. keep downverb

   Not to vomit.

5. keep downverb

   To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing up

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1. keep down

   To keep down generally means to prevent something from increasing, developing or rising. It may also refer to the ability to retain food or drink in one's stomach without vomiting. Furthermore, it could indicate the act of suppressing or controlling someone or something. The precise definition often depends on the context in which the phrase is used.

Matched Categories

1. • Limit
   • Oppress

How to pronounce keep down?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say keep down in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of keep down in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of keep down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of keep down in a Sentence

1. Eddie Cobb:

   No one has to come inside the building. You can stay inside your vehicle and keep down the spread of COVID.

2. Sports Illustrated:

   When I was 16 years old, I was a size 2, to give you a gauge of what that means is that I’m a size 16 now. I wouldn’t eat, I would work out for four hours a day – anything to try to keep down to that size.

3. John Ligato:

   So they hear a noise and they look back and there’s Canley. He’s walking down, upright, not running, walks over the little berm, picks up the first guy, throws him over his shoulder and walks back, so there’s two independent eyewitnesses on this. ... Canley says to them, individually, ‘Keep down, there’s a lot of incoming.’.

4. Michael Osterholm:

   Singapore's approach has been by far one of the very best, what they are really showing the rest of the world is that this is just a difficult virus to beat back and keep down.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=keep down
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Keep_Down
3. ^ ChatGPT
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