List of synonyms from "keep captive" to synonyms from "keep forever"


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Definition of the day : « keep down »

  • 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
Example sentences :
  • Meantime she tried to keep down her anxiety by keeping up her anger.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • But I'm fightin' hard to keep down my old salt-water temper.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Before sweeping the shop dampen the floor to keep down the dust.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • He paused, trying to keep down his rising anger, and failed.
  • Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
  • Ross found it hard to keep down his temper at this discourtesy.
  • Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler
  • One would expect the giants of the deep to keep down their population.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • All the pumps in the ship would not keep down such a leak as this.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
  • The floor of the plant had recently been oiled to keep down dust.
  • Extract from : « The Ambulance Made Two Trips » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Those unemployed are the men who keep down the wages of the workers.
  • Extract from : « The Sequel » by George A. Taylor
  • We can keep down behind the shelter of the pile, till we have got most of them out.
  • Extract from : « On the Irrawaddy » by G. A. Henty