kept
31kept woman — noun an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man • Syn: ↑mistress, ↑fancy woman • Hypernyms: ↑woman, ↑adult female, ↑lover • Hyponyms: ↑concu …
32kept woman — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms kept woman : singular kept woman plural kept women often humorous old fashioned a woman who is given a home and money by a man who she has a sexual relationship with. People often also use kept man humorously… …
33Kept and Dreamless — Infobox Film name = Kept and Dreamless image size = caption = director = Vera Fogwill producer = writer = narrator = starring = music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 2005 runtime = country = language = budget = preceded by …
34kept woman — noun A woman, supported financially by a lover (usually a married man). He said: Why bother about a career? After all, kept woman is a thoroughly respectable occupation or can be made so by any preacher or justice of the peace. . . . See Also:… …
35kept man — noun A man, supported financially by a female lover (usually a married woman). The kept man in and out of marriage is quite a feature of life in our chaste little village. See Also: kept woman …
36kept the delicate balance — maintained the delicate balance, kept things steady …
37kept things in proportion — did not blow things out of proportion, kept things in their proper perspective …
38kept woman — See a kept woman …
39kept — past and past participle of keep …
40kept — Synonyms and related words: conserved, held, held back, held in reserve, intact, preserved, protected, put by, reserved, retained, saved, spare, spared, undamaged, unspoiled, untainted, well conserved, withheld …
