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Meaning of kept in English

kept
verb
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past simple and past participle of keep
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kept
adjective
  usually humorous
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kept woman/man
someone who does not work but is instead given money and a place to live by the person she or he is having a sexual relationship with:
If he'd married her, he would have become a kept man.
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kept | American Dictionary

kept
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kept | Business English

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in Chinese (Traditional)
（keep的過去式及過去分詞）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（keep的过去式及过去分词）…
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in Spanish
pasado simple y participio pasado de "keep"…
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in Portuguese
passado e particípio passado de "keep"…
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“keep” の過去形、過去分詞形…
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'korumak' fiilinin geçmiş zaman hâli…
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passat i participi passat de “keep”…
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“keep”의 과거, 과거 분사형…
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passato semplice e participio passato di “keep”…
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