kept (verb)
1kept — UK US /kept/ verb ► PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF KEEP(Cf. ↑keep) …
2kept — /kɛpt / (say kept) verb 1. past tense and past participle of keep. –phrase (humorous) 2. kept man, a man given financial support by his wife or partner. 3. kept woman, a. (dated) a woman given financial support and a place to live by a lover;… …
3Verb phrase — In linguistics, a verb phrase or VP is a syntactic structure composed of the predicative elements of a sentence and functions in providing information about the subject of the sentence.VPs in the generative grammar frameworkIn the generative… …
4French verb morphology — This article is part of the series on: French language Langues d oïl Dialects Creoles Francophonie History Oaths of Strasbourg Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts Anglo Norman Grammar …
5Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …
6do verb — 1. general. Do is one of the most productive and complex verbs in English, although a great deal of its use comes naturally to speakers of English as a first language. Essentially, do has two functions: (1) as an ordinary verb (I am doing my… …
7keep — keep1 [ kip ] (past tense and past participle kept [ kept ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stay in state/position ▸ 2 (make) continue/repeat ▸ 3 continue to have ▸ 4 store ▸ 5 (make) stay within limit ▸ 6 do what you said ▸ 7 provide money for ▸ 8 take care of… …
8keep*/*/*/ — [kiːp] (past tense and past participle kept [kept] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to stay in a state, position, or place without changing or moving, or to make someone or something do this Keep still while I brush your hair.[/ex] People kept quiet because… …
9warehouse — noun /ˈwɛəhaʊs / (say wairhows) 1. a storehouse for wares or goods. 2. the building in which a wholesale dealer s stock of merchandise is kept. –verb (t) /ˈwɛəhaʊz / (say wairhowz), / haʊs/ (say hows) (warehoused, warehousing) 3. to deposit or… …
10keep back — verb 1. keep under control; keep in check suppress a smile Keep your temper keep your cool • Syn: ↑restrain, ↑keep, ↑hold back • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
