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HOME | Definition of keep down (KEEP DOWN, Keep down)


    keep down
    v 1: place a limit on the number of [syn: number]
    2: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
    any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
    dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
    subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress,
    quash, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
    3: manage not to throw up [ant: vomit]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    96 Moby Thesaurus words for "keep down":
    asphyxiate, beat down, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully,
    castrate, censor, choke off, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cork,
    cork up, cow, crack down on, crush, damp down, daunt,
    deprive of freedom, despotize, disenfranchise, disfranchise,
    dominate, domineer, domineer over, drown, enslave, enthrall,
    extinguish, gag, grind, grind down, henpeck, hold captive,
    hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash,
    hold in subjection, intimidate, jump on, keep under, kill,
    lead captive, lord it over, make dependent, muzzle, oppress,
    overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, peonize, pour water on,
    press heavy on, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, ride over,
    ride roughshod over, shut down on, silence, sit down on, sit on,
    smash, smother, squash, squelch, stanch, stifle, strangle,
    stultify, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, suffocate,
    suppress, take captive, terrorize, throttle, trample down,
    trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over,
    unman, vassalize, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0




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