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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. place a limit on the number of;
[syn: number, keep down]

2. put down by force or intimidation;
- Example: "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
- Example: "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
- Example: "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
[syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]

3. manage not to throw up; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

keep down
    v 1: place a limit on the number of [syn: number, keep down]
    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, keep
       down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
    3: manage not to throw up [ant: barf, be sick, cast,
       cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge,
       regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue,
       throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up]