What does kept mean?
/kept/ kept woman/man. someone who does not work but is instead given money and a place to live by the person she or he is having a sexual relationship with. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships.
How do you use kept in a sentence?
Kept Sentence Examples
- I’m sorry I kept you waiting, but Tessa had nothing to do with it.
- The clock kept on ticking.
- She kept her eyes on the floor as she walked by him.
- “Yeah,” he grunted as he kept his eyes on the road.
- He was reputed to have kept a cool head during battle and wasn’t easily intimidated.
Will be keep or kept?
The word keep is defined as “to have or retain possession,” of an object, or “place an object” somewhere. The past tense and past participle of the word keep is “kept”. The word keep when used as a verb, requires an object which can be seen in the following sentences in the present tense. You may keep the change.
How do you write kept?
verb keeps, keeping or kept (kɛpt)