KEPT UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kept up mean? 

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

1. kept in good condition

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEPT UP (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kept in good condition

Synonyms:

kept up; maintained; well-kept

Similar:

preserved (kept intact or in a particular condition)

 Context examples 

It was not known that Wickham had a single relationship with whom he kept up any connection, and it was certain that he had no near one living.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

So whilst he was dancing with her, he put a gold ring on her finger without her seeing it, and ordered that the dance should be kept up a long time.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

No doubt of it; it is nothing serious; he is nervous, his spirits must be kept up.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He said 'girls', but he meant Jo, for she was the only one who kept up the old custom.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was not Lucy's business to put herself forward, and the appearance of secrecy must still be kept up.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

To be kept up for hours, after the family were in bed, by stupid pamphlets was not very likely.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But the deception could not be kept up forever.

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

“I confess that I can make neither head nor tail of it. Don’t you think that you have kept up your mystery long enough, Mr. Holmes?”

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

Mercedes continually fluttered in the way of her men and kept up an unbroken chattering of remonstrance and advice.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

If an order were given, John would be on his crutch in an instant, with the cheeriest Aye, aye, sir! in the world; and when there was nothing else to do, he kept up one song after another, as if to conceal the discontent of the rest.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)