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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

keep back en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To hold back; to refuse to give or share.
  2. (intransitive) To stay back; to refrain from approaching.
  3. (transitive) To restrict or restrain.
    • Germany eased off in the second half and this was a night when Joachim Löw, like Southgate, took the opportunity to keep back his best XI. 2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London):
  4. (transitive) To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
keeping back Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept back Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept back Tense=Past lexicographic
keeps back Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (16)

pt reter (restrict or restrain) · it ritenere (restrict or restrain) · da tilbageholde (restrict or restrain) · bg скривам (restrict or restrain) · fr retenir (restrict or restrain) · eo reteni (restrict or restrain) · es retener (restrict or restrain) · la reprimō (restrict or restrain) · de zurückhalten (restrict or restrain) · hu visszatart (restrict or restrain) · no holde tilbake (restrict or restrain) · sv hålla tillbaka (restrict or restrain) · ga coisc (restrict or restrain) · la dētineō (restrict or restrain) · bg задържам (restrict or restrain) · nl terughouden (restrict or restrain)