Kept

Word KEPT
Character 4
Hyphenation kept
Pronunciations /ˈkɛpt/

Definitions and meanings of "Kept"

What do we mean by kept?

Preterit and past participle of keep. noun

Imp. & p. p. of keep.

A concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour.

Simple past tense and past participle of keep. verb

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded adjective

To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

(heading) To hold the status of something.

(heading) To hold or be held in a state.

To wait for, keep watch for.

To act as wicket-keeper.

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

To be in session; to take place.

To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.

(by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.

To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

Adj. maintained or supported so as to be a sexual partner: said usually of a woman Urban Dictionary

A man or woman who obtains a higher means of living through other people, usually the opposite sex, in return for as little as companionship but often sex, a relationship, or marriage. Urban Dictionary

The past tense of kept. When you've kept something for so long it doesn't exist anymore.....what? Urban Dictionary

A term to describe what’s popular or cool. Urban Dictionary

A girl who has a dominant man who holds her back such that she looks like who did that. Urban Dictionary

A sugar baby, a young man usually who gives his time attention and affection to a rich man in favor for money Urban Dictionary

A white boy from the suburbs that marries a rich lady. His job is to pleasure her and be eye candy. She in returns takes care of all his financial needs. Urban Dictionary

Quiet as kept could be said a few different ways; quiet as it's kept, quiet is kept. The meaning is secrecy, to keep quiet, not volunteering or distributing information on certain relations. It's often an expression used in afairs where sensitive knowledge must be kept secret in order to avoid repraisals from other groups within the same society, culture, or subculture. Urban Dictionary

A person in a long term, sexual relationship, who does not work. But instead, is taken care of financially. Only with the unspoken understanding, they must peform certain duties, to remain in said lifestyle. Term most often applies to females, but may include males as well. Urban Dictionary

A female that is "kept" by a wealthy person in case their current relationship / marriage falls through. They are often paid a yearly salary to stay on retainer. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Kept

The word "kept" in example sentences

Snowball, therefore, did not trouble himself to scan the sea on either side of their course; but for all that he kept the look-out enjoined on him by the sailor, -- that is, he _kept it with his ears_! ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

I knew a man from the north who, though married to a respectable southern woman, kept two of these mulatto girls in an upper room at his store; his wife told some of her friends that he had not lodged at home for two weeks together, I have seen these two _kept misses_, as they are there called, at his store; he was afterwards stabbed in an attempt to arrest a runaway slave, and died in about ten days. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

I believe that one-third out of the number of days in the year are “kept holy,” or rather, _kept stupid_, in honour of the saints; no great portion of the time thus set apart is spent in religious exercises, and the people don’t betake themselves to any such animating pastimes as might serve to strengthen the frame, or invigorate the mind, or exalt the taste. ❋ Alexander William Kinglake (1850)

This impeccably chosen set of ballads and booty-shakers - finally getting an official release after McGraw's legal dispute with his label kept it under wraps for nearly two years - shows McGraw's range while it honors contemporary country's paradigms. ❋ Unknown (2012)

This impeccably chosen set of ballads and booty-shakers - finally getting an official release after McGraw's legal dispute with his label kept it under wraps for nearly two years - shows his range while it honors contemporary country's paradigms. ❋ Unknown (2012)

People from the label kept stopping by and offering their opinions. ❋ Jen Sincero (2002)

And then the label kept telling us it was rouge and red and that it “is much bigger than it appears to be.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

But her name kept appearing on my call sheet once a week for my first three weeks back on the job. ❋ Douglas Kennedy (2006)

At first, Holly had taken offense at the name, but as the days went by and the name kept Lorrie away from her, she began to like it. ❋ Jude Deveraux (2003)

The word kept coming back once our boys reached the Wana Gorge Valley. ❋ CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS (1990)

A phrase kept going through her mind: there is no other way out. ❋ Marilyn French (1977)

Starch was removed from the portion under the label, but was not renewed because the label kept out the necessary sunlight. ❋ Charles Landon Goodrich (N/A)

She's able to fly [to and fro] twice a week and pay $[2000] share of [rent] because she is kept. ❋ Sybil J. (2005)

they knew she was KEPT because despite not having [a job] or a [direction] in life, she had all the luxuries as a result of her [sugar-daddy]. ❋ Kmkramer (2006)

I [kepted] [the microwave].....what? ❋ Hughelia (2010)

“Damn [Jesse], you [copped] those new [Nike]’s, that’s kept. ❋ SwarlzJr (2019)

“[Damn girl], u [lookin] all [kept] since you got wit him...” ❋ Reggie405 (2018)

I [dont] want to [feel like] a kept boy when he pays for my [loans] ❋ Zolotko777 (2021)

[Ben] marries [Carmen Electra]. He gives her every thing that she needs physicaly and she gives him every thing he needs financialy. Ben is [Carmen's] kept man. ❋ BenRoss (2006)

It was [business as usual], quiet as kept. ❋ -=) (2005)

"That chick hasn't [worked] one day in her entire life. She's a [one-hundred] [percent] kept bitch." ❋ D. Gould (2006)

The [kept] in "kept girl" implies two things: One being that they are well kept for financially, the other being that they are kept by what could be considered their [owner], [ie]. they are "keeping" her. "She's a kept girl." ❋ WHOA. (2008)

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