Antonyms for keeps down
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : keep |
Phonetic Transcription : kip |
- abandon
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- articulate
- assist
- be noisy
- benefit
- boost
- calm
- comfort
- communicate
- compliment
- delight
- disturb
- encourage
- forsake
- free
- give in
- give up
- gladden
- help
- increase
- inspirit
- irritate
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- make happy
- misguide
- mislead
- neglect
- permit
- please
- praise
- promote
- raise
- release
- set free
- soothe
- speak
- start
- strengthen
- surrender
- talk
- turn on
- voice
- yield
Definition of keeps down
Origin :- late Old English cepan "to seize, hold," also "to observe," from Proto-Germanic *kopijanan, but with no certain connection to other languages. It possibly is related to Old English capian "to look," from Proto-Germanic *kap- (cepan was used c.1000 to render Latin observare), which would make the basic sense "to keep an eye on."
- The word prob. belongs primarily to the vulgar and non-literary stratum of the language; but it comes up suddenly into literary use c.1000, and that in many senses, indicating considerable previous development. [OED]
- Sense of "preserve, maintain" is from mid-14c. Meaning "to maintain in proper order" is from 1550s; meaning "financially support and privately control" (usually in reference to mistresses) is from 1540s. Related: Kept; keeping.
- As in mute : verb muffle, tone down sound
- As in oppress : verb depress, subdue
- As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
- As in silence : verb make or be quiet
- As in quieten : verb silence
- As in shush : verb silence
- In front a flat piece of iron enters the mouth and keeps down the tongue.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- It's duty that keeps down the overgrowths that luxury incites.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Interviews » by W. D. Howells
- They say that it keeps down revolution; it keeps the Indian in his place.
- Extract from : « The Andes of Southern Peru » by Isaiah Bowman
- They earn nearly twice as much, and it is the difficulty of getting enough men for this work that keeps down production.
- Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis
- A few inches excludes the wind, yet keeps down the temperature so as to prevent dripping from the interior.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 » by Various
- This keeps down the population, and has prevailed for at least one hundred and twenty years.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 699 » by Various
- But it has been found that he does more good by the weeds he keeps down than harm by the grain he eats.
- Extract from : « The Children's Book of Birds » by Olive Thorne Miller
- But an application every few hours keeps down the intolerable itching, which is the most annoying feature of sumach poisoning.
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
- She directs the servants, reproves them if necessary, superintends the accounts, and keeps down expenses.
- Extract from : « Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo » by Louis Guimbaud
- It is the cost of transportation that keeps down value on their lands; lower this, and land rises at once.
- Extract from : « Two Years in Oregon » by Wallis Nash
Synonyms for keeps down
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- arrest
- beat down
- benumb
- bind
- bottle up
- box up
- bridle
- burden
- chain
- check
- choke back
- choke off
- circumscribe
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- confine
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cool
- cool it
- cork
- cork up
- crack down
- crush
- curb
- curtail
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- debar
- decrease the volume
- delimit
- despotize
- detain
- deter
- direct
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- drown
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- encumber
- extinguish
- fetter
- force
- gag
- govern
- guide
- hamper
- handicap
- harass
- harness
- harry
- hem in
- hinder
- hogtie
- hold
- hold one's tongue
- hound
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- impound
- imprison
- inhibit
- jail
- keep
- keep down
- keep in line
- keep it down
- kill
- limit
- lock up
- lower
- lull
- maltreat
- manacle
- moderate
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- outrage
- overawe
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- pinion
- pipe down
- plague
- press
- prevent
- prey on
- proscribe
- pull back
- put damper on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the lid on
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- reduce
- repress
- restrict
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- silence
- sit on
- smother
- soft-pedal
- soften
- squelch
- stay
- stifle
- still
- strain
- strike dumb
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- tie down
- tie up
- tongue-tie
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- turn down
- tyrranize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
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