From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Verb
[keep < ,,kept> out]
1. [en] To refrain from entering a place or condition.
2. [en] To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2013-06-01 | volume=407 | issue=8838 | page=71 | magazine=w:The Economist
|title=End of the peer show (see
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21578670-peer-peer-lending-needs-new-name-end-peer-show)
|passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending
comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and
lenders on online platforms.[...]Banks and credit-card firms are KEPT OUT of
the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to
mention the “democratisation of finance”.}}
1. [en] To dress up .
2. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- Often seen, as imperative, on a sign posted as an attempt to prevent entry or access to a place.
**** Translations
[refrain from entering]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Polish: [pl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[restrain someone or something]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
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*** Anagrams
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