Keep Back

Definition: Keep Back

Keep Back

Verb

1. Keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool".

2. Keep in one's possession.

3. Hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Keep Back

Concealment

Keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore.

Dissuasion

Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.

Disuse

Verb: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf,lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard; (eject); dismiss, give warning.

Latency Implication

Laugh in one's sleeve; keep back; (conceal).

Lateness

Put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve; (store); temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it.

Restraint

Verb: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar; (hinder); constrain; coerce; (compel); curb, control; hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings; withhold.

Retention

Secure, withhold, detain; hold back, keep back; keep close; husband; (store); reserve; have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock; (possess); entail, tie up, settle.

Store

Reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources.

Crosswords: Keep Back

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "keep back": To keep back. Additional references.

Afrikaans

agterhou (hold back, withhold). (various references)

Albanian

prapsem (back up, draw back, lose ground, recoil, rein back, shy), bëj mbrapa. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبت (bridle, check, contain, down, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, stifle, subdue, suppress, suppression, withhold), ‏كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep down, keep under control, leash, master, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold). (various references)

Bulgarian 

въздържам (hold in, keep in, refrain, restrain, withhold), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, immobilize, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig). (various references)

Czech

zadržet (check, force back, hold back, keep, retain, stop, tie up, withhold), držet se vzadu (hang back). (various references)

Dutch

achterhouden (hold back, withhold). (various references)

Esperanto

kaŝgardi (hold back, withhold). (various references)

Finnish

tukahduttaa (asphyxiate, repress, smother, stifle, suffocate), taannuttaa (impede, set back), pidättää (arrest, detain, hold back, reserve, restrain, take into custody, withhold). (various references)

Frisian

benefterhâlde (hold back, withhold). (various references)

German

zurückhalten (abstract, detain, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, refrain, repress, restrain, retain, retard, suppress, to hold back, to refrain, to reserve, to retard, withheld, withhold, withholds), zurückbehalten (book, reserve, retain), verschweigen (conceal, concealment, hide, hiding, keep from, to keep secret, withhold, withholding), unterdrücken (choke back, clamp down on, eliminate, fight back, fight down, hold back, hold down, hold under, keep down, oppress, put down, quash, quell, repress, restrain, shut out, sit on, suppress, throttle, to eliminate, to oppress, to repress, to suppress), stauen (dam, dam up, retain, staunch, stop the flow of, Stow, to dam), nicht näher kommen, halten (born, borne, cease, clamp, come to a halt, give, halt, hang around, hang onto, held, hold, hold on to, hold up, keep, kept, last, maintain, make, pull up, put down, retain, run, save, stay, stick, stop, take, to clamp, to hold, to retain, treat, uphold, wear well), einbehalten (retain, to retain), dabehalten, behindern (bar, bother, clog, cramp, disturb, encumber, hamper, handicap, hedge about, hedge around, hedge in, hedge round, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, set back, thwart, to spoil, trouble), aufhalten (abstract, arrest, check, delay, detain, halt, hang onto, hinder, hold, hold up, interrupt, keep, keep open, kept, obstruct, restrain, retain, retard, sojourn, stem, stop, to arrest, to delay, to detain, to hold up, to sojourn, to stop). (various references)

Greek 

μένω πίσω (fall behind, fall behind with, get behind with, tail off). (various references)

Hebrew 

למ� וע (avert, deny, deprive, forestall, head off, hinder, inhibit, preclude, prevent, refuse, stop, ward off, withhold). (various references)

Hungarian

feltartóztat (contain, delay, hold back, impede, intercept, to arrest, to contain, to delay, to hang up, to hold up, to impede, to intercept, to waylay). (various references)

Indonesian

mundur (derogate, dwindle, retreat, wince), menyimpan (garner, keep, put to away, store, stow), menahan (bate, bridle, curb, detain, endure, retain, weather, withhold, withstand). (various references)

Italian

dissimulare (disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, whitewash). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

押し止める (to check, to keep back, to stop), 塞き止める (to check, to dam up, to hold back, to intercept, to keep back), � �き止める (to check, to dam up, to hold back, to intercept, to keep back). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おしとどめる (to check, to keep back, to stop), せきとめる (to check, to dam up, to hold back, to intercept, to keep back). (various references)

Manx

tannaghtyn er ash (hang back, hold back), freayll er ash. (various references)

Pig Latin

eepkay ackbay

Portuguese

reter (abstract, contain, detain, hold, hold back, immobilize, occlude, preserve, restrain, retain, withhold), reprimir (allay, arrest, bit, bridle, check, coerce, constrain, control, cork, douse, forbear, gulp, halt, keep down, overbear, quell, quench, refrain, rein in, repress, restrain, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, throttle, tutor, vanquish), não deixar avançar. (various references)

Romanian

tãinui (conceal, Cork, disguise, hide, hood, hush, lock, mask, reset, secrete, veil), sta de o parte (lie by), reţine (arrest, bespeak, book, catch, confine, delay, detain, dock, engage, fix, ground, hinder, hold, hold in, impede, keep, keep in, laten, learn, memorize, nota bene, refrain, remember, reserve, restrain, retain, secure, stop, take by the button, trammel, withhold), opri (abate, abstain, arrest, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, phase out, prohibit, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), ascunde (cloak, conceal, Cork, cover, curtain, cushion, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, enwrap, hide, hood, hugger mugger, keep away, mask, put away, put by, screen, secrete, shroud, smooth, tuck, tuck away, veil, wrap). (various references)

Russian 

удерживать (coerce, dam back, deter, hold, hold back, hold in, recoup, restrain, withhold), скрывать (cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, hide, hold back, keep). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadržati (delay, detain, dwell, hold back, hold down, impeach, keep, reserve, restrain, retain, stem, stop, withhold), povući (disaffirm, draw off, pull, recall, retire, scratch, take, take back, withdraw). (various references)

Spanish

tener a raya (hold off, keep off, restrain), retener (carry, detain, hoard up, hold, hold back, hold on to, keep, prevent, retain, to deter, withhold), reprimir (bridle, check, control, fight down, govern, put down, quash, quell, repress, restrain, rule, suppress), ocultar (blot out, blur out, Bury, cache, cloak, conceal, cover, dissemble, fade, Harbor, harbour, hide, hide away, hold back, hold out, keep from, mask, occult, secrete, shroud, slur, slur over, tuck away), no dejar avanzar, no comunicar (hold back), no acercarse (keep out), mantenerse atrás, hacerse a un lado (step aside), guardar secreto, guardar (bear, bosom, conserve, envision, fence, filibeg, guard, hang on, herd, hold, hold back, hold on to, house, keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay up, leave in, look, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put away, put back, put by, retain, save, shelter, tend, treasure, wait, ward, watch), estorbar (bar, be in the way of, bother, defeat, derange, disturb, encumber, fetter, gag, get in the way, guard against, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, inhibit, interfere with, intrude, muzzle, obstruct, prevent, thwart, tie, upset), cortar el paso, contener (bottle up, bridle, check, comprise, contain, control, enclose, govern, hold, hold back, hold in, include, incorporate, intercept, keep down, keep in, press back, restrain, rule, run by, smother, suppress). (various references)

Swedish

undanhålla (deprive, withhold), hindra (balk, bar, baulk, clog, constrain, contain, cramp, cross, cumber, curb, detain, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hamstring, hedge, hinder, impede, inhibit, interfere with, obstruct, occlude, preclude, prevent, put back, short circuit, snag, stay, stymie, trammel, traverse), hejda (arrest, check, head off, hold, hold back, impede, inhibit, intercept, stop), hålla inne med (keep, keep in). (various references)

Thai

เก็บเป็นความลับ, ถอยไป, ทำให้ล่าช้า (hold, hold back), กั้นขวาง, ป้องกัน (fend off, hedge against, keep, obviate, save, shield), ควบคุมอารม�"์หรือความรู้สึก. (various references)

Turkish

tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), saklamak (blind, Bury, cloak, conceal, disguise, enshrine, harvest, hide, hold back, keep smth. quiet, keep smth. under wraps, keep snug, lay down, obscure, plant, put by, put out of sight, screen, secrete, shelter, stash, stash away, stow away, suffuse, tuck away), söylememek (hold back, not to say, not to tell), gizlemek (blot out, bottle up, Bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover up, disguise, dissemble, draw a veil over, enshroud, gloss over, gloze, gloze over, hide, hoodwink, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush, hush up, keep from, keep in dark, keep in one's bosom, keep smth. under wraps, keep snug, mask, obscure, plant, pocket, screen, secrete, sheathe, shroud, sweep under the carpet, tuck away, veil), geride kalmak (be posterior to, drag behind, drop back, drop behind, fall astern), geciktirmek (adjourn, delay, hold up, impede, postpone, procrastinate, put back, retard, set back, sidetrack, stall, stall off, stave off), biriktirmek (accumulate, amass, collect, gather, lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, roll up, salt, save, set apart, set by, setaside, treasure up), barındırmak (Harbor, harbour, hold, house, hut, nestle, shelter), arka plânda kalmak (take a back, take a back seat), önlemek (arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, obviate, occlude, preclude, prevent, prevent from, prohibit, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward, ward off). (various references)

Ukrainian

триматися позаду, не підходьте, не підходити (misbecome), назад (aback, astern, back, backward, backwards, counter, hark back, rearward, rearwards). (various references)

detinere, receperit, recepistis, recepto, receptum, recipere, reciperet, recipiat, recipies, recipiet, reservare, reservo. (various references)

detenir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: ackee, apeek, becap, peace.

-4 letters: akee, back, bake, beak, beck, beep, cake, cape, cepe, keck, keek, keep, pace, pack, peak, peck, peek, peke.

-5 letters: ace, ape, bap, bee, cab, cap, cee, cep, eke, kab, kae, kea, kep, pac, pea, pec, pee.