Antonyms for kept

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kept

Phonetic Transcription : kɛpt

Definition of kept

Origin : past tense of keep (v.).

adj preserved
adj retained
adj observed

Example sentences :

Now, how much better off should I have been if I had kept my place in the factory?
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

But I kept looking and after awhile I was able to sit up and ask what hit me.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He kept no records of birthdays and wedding-anniversaries or the hour of death.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

She kept house for her brother, and the poor creatures boarded with her.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

As soon as we unloaded, it commenced to rain, and kept on steadily till midnight.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

He did not at first look up, but kept on with his employment.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

He kept it to himself, and heard in silence the criticisms made at the club-windows.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Making him her slave, she kept him at the very height of bliss.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

His voice was thin, but it kept that line of hands high above their heads.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Synonyms for kept

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