KEPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kept mean? 

• KEPT (adjective)
  The adjective KEPT has 1 sense:

1. (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

  Familiarity information: KEPT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEPT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

Synonyms:

kept; unbroken

Context example:

promises kept

Domain category:

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

 Context examples 

Hans paid out the rope, permitting no slack, while Pete kept it clear of coils.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

This state of excitement kept on for some little time; and at last we saw before us the Pass opening out on the eastern side.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She kept me there all day, and left me alone sometimes; and I cried, and wore myself to sleep, and awoke and cried again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I know that so far as those three keys are concerned he kept them on the same ring.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Evidently he had kept it wound.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But “my woman, my mate” kept ringing in my head for the rest of the day and for many days.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I kept all the keys and could go where I liked and do what I liked, so long as I did not disturb him in his privacy.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A confederate—and even that one glance had told me how dangerous a man that confederate was—had kept guard while the Professor had attacked me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I gave my best to the country I love, and kept my tears till he was gone.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Alleyne, as in duty bound, kept his eyes fixed ever on his lord and pressed forward close at his heels.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)