kept

Speech parts

1. kept - Adjective

2. kept - Verb

Derived from keep

Meaning

of Keep

of Keep.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unbroken continued keep remain continue hold prevent stop maintain maintained stay store save protected keeping

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Antonyms

given left become complete full broken

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Phrases with the word

kept alive kept in check be kept away be kept in the dark kept concealed kept silent

Examples

Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous. Friedrich Nietzsche

Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show. Ambrose

With the eye in a natural state sight follows necessarily ... In the same way the life of blessedness is as a familiar second nature to those who have kept clear the senses of the soul. Gregory of Nyssa

Pregnancy and fire cannot be kept secret. Rwandan Proverb

A dishonest woman can't be kept in and an honest woman won't. Irish Proverb

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. Korean Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Kepple Keppler kepstrum kept a cool head kept a sharp lookout kept a stiff upper lip