Kept

Definition: Kept

Kept

Adjective

1. (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept".

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

Date "kept" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Kept

Lateness

Lose an opportunity; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre; wait impatiently; await; (expect); sit up, sit up at night.

Crosswords: Kept

That's why he kept sending the divorce papers back (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

He ought to be kept on a short leash (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe)

I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude, he kept the money (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

I kept trying to reason with you, Woody, but you always force me into taking extreme measures (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

You know who she is -- she kept calling Your name (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele)

If I was an animal, they'd 've kept me in cages (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

Ya never kept a secret, always stayed real (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

She kept her motor clean (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

And nurturing and consummately there for me I kept drawing you in and pushing (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Couldn't stand to be kept away (Hard to Say I'm Sorry; performing artist: Az Yet)

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost. (references; author: unknown)

Kept (2001)

Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)

Kept Husbands (1931)

The Man Who Kept Silent (1926)

Felix the Cat Kept Walking (1925)

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

Books

• And the Fans Roared: The Sports Broadcasts That Kept Us on the Edge of Our Seats (Book + 2 Audio CDs) (reference)

• Best Kept Secrets (reference)

• Opening Price Principle: Best Kept Secret on Wall Street (reference)

• Sandra Brown: Three Complete Novels: Mirror Image/Best Kept Secrets/Slow Heat in Heaven (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Kept (reference)

• Playboy - Best Kept Sex Secrets (reference)

• Pre-Code Hollywood - The Risque Years (Of Human Bondage / Millie / Kept Husbands) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Band Kept Playing (reference)

• Kept Luminesce (reference)

• Rock-Train Kept a Rollin' (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Packing to the top - sheer fortitude kept him going Triangulation party of William M. Scaife Upper Cook Inlet to Fairbanks. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Figure 51 (cont.) The HIRONDELLE II sounding machine used by Prince Albert I of Monaco. During the evolution of this machine, two important changes were made on the PRINCESS ALICE II which were used on this machine. The power was provide d by an electric motor, and the cable passed first through a winch before being wound on the reel. This machine kept the winch but returned to steam power. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 57, Paris, France. : Garbage is kept in cans and sold to a farmer, the proceeds are given to the mess fund. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A throat operation kept alive this little Indonesian victim of diphtheria ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by L. Matlovski..

Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1952, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. Originally built in 1860 as the steamship William G. Hewes, this steamer was the blockade runner Ella and Annie when captured in November 1863 and served for the rest of the Civil War as USS Malvern. After sale to civilian owners late in 1865 she again was named William G. Hewes and kept that name until wrecked in 1895. Credit: NAVY.

USS Raleigh (CL-7) is kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, after she was damaged by a Japanese torpedo and a bomb, 7 December 1941. The barge has salvage pontoons YSP-14 and YSP-13 on board. The capsized hull of USS Utah (AG-16) is visible astern of Raleigh. Credit: NAVY.

His revenge : time: any morning at 4:15 Mr. Diggs, having been kept up late for the last twenty years and rebuked for his lack of interest, develops a sudden enthusiasm : Mrs. Diggs and the girls now do the waiting. Credit: Library of Congress.

At his canter they kept chuckling. Credit: Library of Congress.

Left in the river of doubt : Willie: Goody, goody! you stole mine, Mr. Smarty, an' kept 'em seven years!. Credit: Library of Congress.

And the Secretary kept on sitting silent. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

An oath, moreover, has been taken, as well on our part as on the art of the barons, that all these conditions aforesaid shall be kept in good faith and without evil intent. (reference)

This slowness and aversion in the people to quit their old constitutions, has, in the many revolutions which have been seen in this kingdom, in this and former ages, still kept us to, or, after some interval of fruitless attempts, still brought us back again to our old legislative of king, lords and commons: and whatever provocations have made the crown be taken from some of our princes heads, they never carried the people so far as to place it in another line. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. (reference)

Meantime the markets kept ever growing, the demand ever rising. (reference)

No dirigible shall be kept. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

While you were at all in suspense I kept my feelings to myself, but now that you are so completely decided I have no hesitation in approving

Lightly and swiftly they skimmed over the ground, and I could not in the least understand how it was I kept up with them so easily

Hester Prynne, meanwhile, kept her place upon the pedestal of shame, with glazed eyes, and an air of weary indifference

It rallied, but kept concealed

Renton knows how difficult it is. He'd spent many an evening practising the skill in front of the mirror, but both brows kept elevating simultaneously

He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then

A holy day shall this be kept hereafter

Rose of Sharon kept her eyes resentfully on the potatoes

When he alighted, he surveyed me round with great admiration, but kept without the length of my chain

My accounts, which I can swear to have kept faithfully, I have, indeed, never got audited, still less accepted, still less paid and settled

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They should be kept in a calm setting and should not be left alone. (references)

Therefore, the number of homologous transfusions should be kept to a minimum. (references)

In normal tissues, the rates of new cell growth and old cell death are kept in balance. (references)

Business

Until May 1949, West Berlin was kept supplied only by an Allied airlift. (references)

The Polish statistics for production of plastic processing machines are kept in tones and units. (references)

Truck demand growth has kept pace with the province’s rate in GDP growth - 8 per cent per annum. (references)

Children

Kyrgyz Republic

Those families that kept their children in public schools had to pay administrative fees. (references)

El Salvador

However, the Ministry's resources are limited, and its records are kept on paper files in its regional branches. (references)

India

Patients generally are ill-fed, denied adequate medical attention, and kept in poorly-ventilated halls with poor sanitary conditions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kuwait

Some have argued that these procedures are purposely kept vague by the Government so as to maintain the status quo. (references)

Haiti

The attackers forced him to pull over in a nearby gas station, where they kept him at gunpoint and wrote down his identification and press badge numbers. (references)

India

Since 1999 artillery shelling of the region by Pakistan has kept many of the internally displaced persons from returning and driven others from their homes. (references)

Economic History

Zambia

Private sector incomes have not kept pace with inflation. (references)

Norway

The principal's goods shall be kept separate from other goods. (references)

Oman

Real property rights are recognized and enforced, and records kept. (references)

Human Rights

Nigeria

Detainees often were kept incommunicado for long periods of time. (references)

Turkey

Six of them were kept in jail until their first hearing, a month later. (references)

Armenia

Convicted criminals and pretrial detainees are kept in different facilities. (references)

Indigenous People

Bolivia

Some rural indigenous workers are kept in a state of virtual slavery by employers who charge them more for room and board than they earn. (references)

Minorities

Sweden

Violent incidents with racial overtones have averaged approximately 100 per year, although no official statistics are kept. (references)

Georgia

They tied the night watchmen and used a blowtorch to force their way into the room where all of the church's valuables were kept in a safe. (references)

Political Economy

Djibouti

Since the closure of the USAID office over ten years ago, U.S. aid has been kept to a minimum. (references)

COLOMBIA

After the passage of the 1991 Constitution, the Central Bank no longer kept the monopoly on trade in foreign currency. (references)

CHILE

However, deficiencies in the intellectual property regime have kept Chile on the USTR Special 301 watch list since 1989. (references)

Political Rights

Sweden

The governing Social Democratic Party largely kept its pledge to place women in half of all political appointments at all levels. (references)

Belarus

The independent domestic observers reported being kept at one end of the room in which a count would take place, and being read the results of the election at that station, without ever being allowed to see the marked ballots. (references)

Uganda

He counted 230 M.P.'s in the Movement ranks, giving it a clear majority; however, a number of moderate Movement M.P.'s, including some M.P.'s who were at the forefront of the fight against corruption in the Sixth Parliament, kept their seats in spite of Museveni's active campaigning for their opponents. (references)

Trade

Botswana

Botswana has kept its external borrowing to a minimum. (references)

Luxembourg

The formalities for state aid are kept to a strict minimum. (references)

Singapore

Separate accounts must be kept for the taxable non-resident. (references)

Travel

Russia

This customs declaration should be kept and be available when exiting Russia. (references)

Poland

Rental cars are abundant, but due to significantly increased traffic over the past few years and a highway system that has not kept up, driving between Polish cities, especially at night, can be quite dangerous. (references)

Women

Bahrain

Incidents usually are kept within the family. (references)

Worker Rights

Niger

Some children were kept out of school to guide a blind relative on begging rounds. (references)

Dominican Republic

Field guards reportedly kept workers' clothes and documents to prevent them from leaving. (references)

Pakistan

Landlords have kept entire families in private prisons and sold families to other landlords. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "kept": be kept ♦ be kept dry ♦ be kept in ♦ be kept waiting ♦ damaged kept ♦ kept for breeding ♦ kept in good heart ♦ Kept mistress ♦ kept secret ♦ kept up ♦ kept woman ♦ the garden was well kept. Additional references.

Beginning with "kept": kept-were.

Ending with "kept": best-kept, better-kept, well-kept.

Afrikaans

agterbly (be detained, be kept in, remain, stay, stay on). (various references)

Arabic 

‏المحفوظ. (various references)

Bulgarian 

метреса (fancy woman, kept woman, mistress). (various references)

Chinese 

保持 (keeping). (various references)

Czech

min.èas i příè.min. od keep. (various references)

Danish

konkurrence om,hvilken landsby der er mest velholdt (best kept village competition), Kommissionen kraever,at der foeres og fremlaegges driftsoversigter (the Commission shall require that operating records be kept and produced), holde toert (to be kept dry, to keep dry), burhøns (caged layers, layers housed in cages, laying hens kept in battery cages), damaged kept (damaged kept), de offentlige registre føres (public registers are kept), dobbelt bogholderi (accounts kept by the double entry method, double-entry accounting), Europaeisk konvention om beskyttelse af landbrugsdyr (European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for farming purposes), forvaerk med drejelig eller svingbar afspaerringsboejle holder dyrene paa plads under fodringen (animals are kept in place by a swivelling gate, during feeding), gaa en klasse om (to be kept back for a year, to repeat a year, to stay back a class), æglæggere i bur (caged layers, layers housed in cages, laying hens kept in battery cages), holde i indelukke (kept in claustration), staldged (goat kept in stall), langt bundforklæde/-skørt løbende over styrebro og holdt under/af spænde-/strammevalse (long bottom apron running over a guide bridge and kept under tension bracket, long bottom apron running over a guide bridge and kept under tension roller), last foelsom over for fugt (cargoes to be kept dry, dry cargoes), man skal justere udluftningen paa en saadan maade,at inholdet i beholderen C holdes konstant i opslemmet tilstand,og at det minimale oploeste itlindhold er 2 mg pr liter (the rate of aeration should be regulated so that the contents of vessel C are kept constantly in suspension while the dissolved oxygen content is at least 2mg/litre), opbevares i en atmosfaere bestaaende af inaktiv luftart (kept in an atmosphere of inert gas), over truget anbringes dyseroer,der tjener til opfugtning af formalede foderrester (foodstuff remnants or food scraps are kept moist by means of sprinklers fitted above the throughs), regnskab derer foert i national valuta (records kept in national currency), høner i æglægningsbure (caged layers, layers housed in cages, laying hens kept in battery cages). (various references)

Dutch

in nationale munteenheid bijgehouden register (records kept in national currency), bewaard onder inert gas (kept in an atmosphere of inert gas), boven de trogoen aangebrachte besproeiingsbuizen dienen voor het voochtig houden van voederresten (foodstuff remnants or food scraps are kept moist by means of sprinklers fitted above the throughs), concours verzorging dorpsschoon (best kept village competition), de beluchting moet zodanig worden geregeld dat de inhoud van vat C constant in suspensie blijft en het gehalte aan opgeloste zuurstof ten minste 2 mg per liter bedraagt (the rate of aeration should be regulated so that the contents of vessel C are kept constantly in suspension while the dissolved oxygen content is at least 2mg/litre), de Commissie verlangt het bijhouden en overleggen van werkstaten (the Commission shall require that operating records be kept and produced), de openbare registers worden gehouden (public registers are kept), doubleren (double, doubling, folding, to be kept back for a year, to repeat a year, to stay back a class), achterblýven (be detained, be kept in, remain, stay on), Europees Verdrag inzake de bescherming van dieren op veehouderijbedrijven (European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for farming purposes), zittenblijven (to be kept back for a year, to repeat a year, to stay back a class), methode van dubbel boekhouden (accounts kept by the double entry method, double-entry accounting), nablýven (be detained, be kept in, remain, stay on), opgesloten (kept in claustration), plankosten voor de belastingbetaler tot het uiterste verminderen (cost of the plan to the taxpayer kept low), stalgeit (goat kept in stall), voerrekken met opklapbare of draaibare afsluitstijlen houden het dier op zijn plaats tijdens het voederen (animals are kept in place by a swivelling gate, during feeding), voor vocht gevoelige goederen (cargoes to be kept dry, dry cargoes), zitten blijven (to be kept back for a year, to repeat a year, to stay back a class), droog bewaren (to be kept dry, to keep dry). (various references)

Esperanto

postresti (be detained, be kept in, remain, stay on). (various references)

Finnish

vuohien sisäkasvatus (goat kept in stall), täyttämätön lupaus (a promise which was not kept), syöttökarja (cattle kept for fattening), syöttöelukka (cattle kept for fattening), sain odottaa (I had to wait, I was kept waiting), pimitettiin (was kept dark), muistettakoon (it should be kept in mind that), jäädä jälki-istuntoon (be kept after school), hyvinhoidettu (neatly kept, well cared for, well-groomed, well-kept), hän saapui täsmälleen (he kept his appointment, he was on time). (various references)

French

gardai, gardés, gardées, gardée, gardé, gardâmes, entretenu, conservé. (various references)

Frisian

benefterbliuwe (be detained, be kept in, remain, stay on). (various references)

German

behielt. (various references)

Greek 

κράτησα (held), αόρ. του keep. (various references)

Hebrew 

להשמר (be careful, be kept, be on guard, be watched), להשתמר (be conserved, be kept, guard oneself, take care of oneself). (various references)

Hungarian

vezet (háztartást) (to keep), tartotta (held), tartott, tart vmerre (to keep, to stand to swhere), nem romlik meg (to keep, to keep good), megtart (keep, to conserve, to keep, to make good, to retain, to support, to take place, to vindicate), halad vmerre (to keep), eltart (last, support, to endure, to keep, to last, to last out, to support), eláll (recede, stop, to desist, to keep, to leave off, to lull, to thwart), betart (keep, observe, to comply with, to keep, to make good, to observe), őriz (to guard, to herd, to keep, to shepherd, to tend). (various references)

Indonesian

pingitan (one who has been kept secluded), berpingit (be secluded, especially kept in house). (various references)

Italian

tenere (be for, be watertight, carry, deliver, follow, hang onto, help, hold, hold oneself, keep, keep oneself, regard, retain, stock, support, take, take up, value, wield). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

茶棚 (shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept), 骨箱 (box in which a funerary urn is kept, box in which ashes of the deceased are kept), 貯水量 (volume of water kept in store), 薮蛇 (that'll teach you, you should have kept quiet), 高野切れ (fragments from the old literary work kept at Koyasan), 見附け , 立ちん坊 (being kept standing), お待ち遠様 (I'm sorry to have kept you waiting), 御待ち遠様 (I'm sorry to have kept you waiting), 妾宅 (house in which a mistress is kept), 妾 (concubine, I, kept woman, mistress). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たちんぼう (being kept standing), おまちどおさま (I'm sorry to have kept you waiting), しょうたく (house in which a mistress is kept, marsh, swamp), こうやぎれ (fragments from the old literary work kept at Koyasan), こつばこ (box in which a funerary urn is kept, box in which ashes of the deceased are kept), めかけ (concubine, kept woman, mistress), やぶへび (bringing unnecessary trouble upon oneself, that'll teach you, you should have kept quiet), みつけ (approach), ちゃだな (shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept), ちょすいりょう (volume of water kept in store). (various references)

Korean 

지키는 (stuck). (various references)

Manx

freilt (preserved). (various references)

Papiamen

resta (be detained, be kept in, remain, stay on). (various references)

Pig Latin

eptkay.(various references)

Portuguese

guardado (held, reserved). (various references)

Romanian

grãdinã era bine întreţinutã (the garden was well kept), femeie întreţinutã (kept woman), bine întreţinut (kept in good heart, shipshape). (various references)

Scottish

màrrach (enchanted castle which kept one spell-bound), cuile (an apartment where stores are kept). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proš. vreme i particip od keep. (various references)

Spanish

continuado (continued, ongoing), acudido, entretenido (amused, amusing, entertaining), dirigido (addressed, guided, leaded, looped, turned), detenido (arrested, arrested person, detailed, detained, detainee, exhaustive, explicitely, intensive, prisoner, taken), dedicado (dedicated, dedicator, devoted), custodiado, impedido (disabled, hind), criado (attendant, boy, fostering, gillie, Jack, man, menial, peon, retainer, scout, servant, server), impuesto (captation, cess, duty, exact, imposition, impost, inflicted, laid, levy, lewd, self-imposed, tax, toll), conservado joven, conservado fresco, conservado en buen estado, celebrado (celebrated), callado (closemouthed, muted, quiet, reserved, secretive, silencing, silent, tight lipped), atenido, amante (affectionate, all in all, amateur, flame, lover, lover of, mistress, paramour, Swain, Truelove), cumplido (accomplish, accomplished, complete, compliment, courteous, discharged), permanecido, tenido (had, held), sido propietario, seguido (continued, directly, straigh ahead, straight ahead, straight along, taken, together), reservado (bar parlour, classified, close, distant, private, quiet, reserved, reticent, retiring, secret, secretive, self contained, uncommunicative), querida (duck, favorite, favourite, inamorata, kept woman, mistress, my dear), quedado (jack knife, left, lost, remained, taken), escrito (document, in writing, indented, manuscript, paper, said, stated, text, writ, writing, written), pret y pp de keep, tenido guardado, ocupado (abuzz, busy, engaged, lined, occupied, taken), observado, no hecho, no dicho (unsaid, untold), no dejado, mantenido, llevado (leaded), puesto aparte. (various references)

Swedish

hållen, bevarad (extant, preserved). (various references)

Thai

ที่ช่วยเหลือด้านการเงิน. (various references)

Turkish

kapatma (close down, closing, closure, incarceration, kept woman, liquidation, sealing, shutting, shutting down, turning off), metres (concubine, fancy woman, kept woman, leman, mistress, paramour), damızlık (brood, kept for breeding, stock, stud). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vĩnh viễn trong tình trạng tốt trong tình trạng xấu (keep), sự nuôi thân (keep), pháo đài (bastion, fastness, fortress, keep), mãi mãi (ad infinitum, agelong, always, everlasting, evermore, forever, keep, sempiternal), cái để nuôi thân (keep). (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words ending with "kept": housekept, miskept, outkept, unkept. (additional references)

Words containing "kept": skeptic, skeptical, skeptically, skepticism, skepticisms, skeptics. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Kept" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cepg, cept, clepht, ept, eptu, gept, hept, Iepg, jept, kaet, kazt, keat, kebot, keeped, keepit, keept, keep't, keet, keit, kempit, kentt, keots, kep, kert, Kest, ketn, keto, Kett, kewt, keyp, keyt, kiot, knept, kopf, Kopitz, kopt, kot, kup, kut, skept, vept. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: kep, pet.

-2 letters: et, pe.

+1 letter: kempt.

+2 letters: klepht, packet, picket, pocket, takeup, unkept, uptake.

+3 letters: desktop, kajeput, ketchup, klephts, miskept, outkeep, outkept, packets, partake, petcock, pickets, pinkest, placket, pockets, pokiest, potlike, pricket, punkest, skelpit, skeptic, skippet, takeups, unkempt, uptakes.

+4 letters: desktops, kajeputs, ketchups, klephtic, lakeport, lockstep, outkeeps, outspeak, outspoke, packeted, parakeet, parakite, parroket, partaken, partaker, partakes, pawkiest, peakiest, peckiest, penstock, perkiest, peskiest, petcocks, picketed, picketer, pickiest, plackets, plankter, pocketed, pocketer, pockiest, poetlike, pokeroot, porkiest, prickets, punkiest, skeptics, skippets, smokepot, spikelet, spikiest, sprocket, steplike, tapelike, traplike, turnpike, upmarket, upstroke.