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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  keep down
       v 1: place a limit on the number of [syn: number]
       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]
       3: manage not to throw up [ant: vomit]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  keep down
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To repress.
     2 (lb en transitive) To restrain or control (a sound).
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause not to increase or rise.
     4 (lb en transitive) To retain in the stomach without vomiting.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing
  up

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  keep down
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To repress.
     2 (lb en transitive) To restrain or control (a sound).
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause not to increase or rise.
     4 (lb en transitive) To retain in the stomach without vomiting.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing
  up

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  keep down
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To repress.
     2 (lb en transitive) To restrain or control (a sound).
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause not to increase or rise.
     4 (lb en transitive) To retain in the stomach without vomiting.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing
  up

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  keep down
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To repress.
     2 (lb en transitive) To restrain or control (a sound).
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause not to increase or rise.
     4 (lb en transitive) To retain in the stomach without vomiting.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To lie low. To stay concealed by not standing
  up

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  keep down
     Englanti vb.
     1 hillitä, pitää alhaalla t. matalalla tasolla
     2 pitää t. pysyä alhaalla, näkymättömissä
     3 alistaa, evätä oikeudet
     4 pitää sisällään (oksentamatta)