keep down

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verb

1. place a limit on the number of (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
number
• Derivationally related forms:
number (for: number)
• Hypernyms:
limit, circumscribe, confine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. put down by force or intimidation
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
• Syn:
repress, quash, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Derivationally related forms:
subduer (for: subdue), repressive (for: repress), repression (for: repress)
• Hypernyms:
oppress, suppress, crush
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. manage not to throw up
• Ant:
vomit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something