Definition of Keep down

1. Verb. Place a limit on the number of.

Exact synonyms: Number
Generic synonyms: Circumscribe, Confine, Limit
Derivative terms: Number, Number, Number, Number

2. Verb. Put down by force or intimidation. "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Exact synonyms: Quash, Reduce, Repress, Subdue, Subjugate
Generic synonyms: Crush, Oppress, Suppress
Derivative terms: Repression, Repression, Repressive, Subduer

3. Verb. Manage not to throw up.
Antonyms: Vomit

Definition of Keep down

1. Verb. (transitive) To repress. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To restrain or control (a sound). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To cause not to increase or rise. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) Not to vomit. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing up ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep Down

keep a weather eye open
keep abreast
keep an eye on
keep an eye open
keep an eye out
keep an eye peeled
keep apart
keep around
keep at
keep away
keep away from
keep back
keep bees
keep coming
keep company
keep down (current term)
keep faith
keep fit
keep from
keep going
keep guard
keep hope alive
keep house
keep in
keep in line
keep in mind
keep it between the ditches
keep it on the barber pole
keep it real
keep it up

Literary usage of Keep down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"show that the endeavour to fix and keep down wages by criminatory law is :is futile ... That no legislation ought to avail or can avail to keep down wages, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"formed, or otherwise, is reduced to the situation of a tenant for life, and must keep down the interest of incumbrances. Shrewsbury v. Shrewsbury, 3 Bro. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"The patient having a furred tongue and constipated bowels, I directed a purge and other treatment to keep down inflammation, and ordered the ear to be ..."

4. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1887)
"Liability of Life Tenant to keep down Incumbrances.— The obligation to protect a tenant against such incumbrances arises only in favor of a tenant for years ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"When blooms begin to appear, mulch liberally with tobacco stems, to keep down weeds and to kill aphis at the roots. When the fls. begin to open, ..."

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