kept

Synonyms for kept

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Antonyms for kept

adjective. in force

adjective. commemorated

adjective. possessed

adjective. held for future use

adjective. not spent

Word Origin & History

past tense of keep (v.).

Now, how much better off should I have been if I had kept my place in the factory?

But I kept looking and after awhile I was able to sit up and ask what hit me.

He kept no records of birthdays and wedding-anniversaries or the hour of death.

She kept house for her brother, and the poor creatures boarded with her.

As soon as we unloaded, it commenced to rain, and kept on steadily till midnight.

He did not at first look up, but kept on with his employment.

He kept it to himself, and heard in silence the criticisms made at the club-windows.

Making him her slave, she kept him at the very height of bliss.

His voice was thin, but it kept that line of hands high above their heads.

But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending.