keep down
keep
ki:p
kip
down
daƊn
dawn
/kˈiːp dˈaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "keep down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to keep down
[phrase form: keep]
01

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to maintain something at a low level and prevent it from increasing
to keep down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Regular exercise can help keep down cholesterol levels.
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧋āϞ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to retain food or liquids in the stomach without throwing them up
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After experiencing severe nausea, he struggled to keep down his breakfast.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϤāσāϰāĻžāĻļ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚ⧁āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to restrict someone or a group from freely expressing themselves or asserting their opinions and rights
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some societies have a history of trying to keep down certain minority groups.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϘ⧁ āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻ­āϞāĻŋāωāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ

to control or lower the volume or intensity of something to prevent it from becoming too loud
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to keep the noise down in the library to maintain a quiet atmosphere.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻŽ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
05

āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to lower or hide one's body to avoid being noticed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When playing hide-and-seek, the children tried to keep down in the tall grass.
āϞ⧁āϕ⧋āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϘāĻžāϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ