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English Dictionary: keep down |
by the
DICT Development Group |
kaftan
n 1: a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn
by men in the Near East [syn: {caftan}, {kaftan}]
2: a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching
down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant [syn: {caftan},
{kaftan}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- keep down
- v
- place a limit on the number of
Synonym(s): number, keep down
- 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"
Synonym(s): repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
- manage not to throw up
Antonym(s): barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- keep to oneself
- v
- shun the company of others; "The new student keeps to
herself"
- withhold information; "I kept your little secret to myself all these years"
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kept woman
- n
- an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing
extramarital sexual relationship with a man
Synonym(s): mistress, kept woman, fancy woman
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kip down
- v
- prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He
goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Kaftan \Kaf"tan\, n & v.
See {Caftan}.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Kept \Kept\, imp. & p. p.
of {Keep}.
{Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as
his paramour.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Kipton, OH (village, FIPS 40544)
Location: 41.26700 N, 82.30482 W
Population (1990): 283 (99 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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