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1 house arrest
(a type of arrest in which a person is not allowed to leave his own house: He was kept under house arrest.) περιορισμός κατ'οίκον -
2 pressure cooker
(a type of saucepan in which food is cooked quickly by steam kept under great pressure.) χύτρα ταχύτητας -
3 Keep
v. trans.Preserve, retain: P. and V. σώζειν, φυλάσσειν.Detain: P. and V. κατέχειν, ἐπέχειν, Ar. and V. ἴσχειν (rare P.), V. ἐπίσχειν (rare P.), ἐρητύειν; see Check.Keeping Sicily on the left: P. ἐν δεξιᾷ λαβόντες τὴν Σικελίαν (Thuc. 7, 1).V. intrans. Keep ( doing a thing), continue: P. διατελεῖν (part.), διαμένειν (part. or infin.), διαγίγνεσθαι (part.), P. and V. καρτερεῖν (part.).You keep talking nonsense: P. φλυαρεῖς ἔχων (Plat., Gorg. 490E.; cf. Ar., Ran. 202).Shall I tell you openly what happened there or keep back the tale: V. πότερά σοι παρρησίᾳ φράσω τὰ κεῖθεν ἢ λόγον στειλώμεθα (Eur., Bacch. 668).Keep down: P. and V. κατέχειν.Subdue: P. and V. καταστρέφεσθαι, χειροῦσθαι.Keep in the dark: P. and V. κρύπτειν (τινά τι), P. ἀποκρύπτεσθαι (τινά τι).We are keeping him in the dark touching this matter: V. σιγῇ τοῦθʼ ὑφαιρούμεσθά νιν (Eur., El. 271). Keep off, v. trans.: P. and V. ἀπέχειν, ἀμύνειν, Ar. and P. ἀπαμύνειν; see ward off.Hard to keep off, adj.: V. δυσφύλακτος.Refrain from: P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι (gen.).Go forward: P. and V. προβαίνειν, προχωρεῖν, P. προέρχεσθαι.Be prolonged: P. and V. χρονίζεσθαι, V. χρονίζειν.Keep out: see keep off.Keep to, abide by: P. and V. ἐμμένειν (dat.).They kept more to the sea: P. τῆς θαλάσσης μᾶλλον ἀντείχοντο (Thuc. 1, 13).He would both have kept to the law and shown his piety: V. καὶ τοῦ νόμου τʼ ἂν εἴχετʼ εὐσεβής τʼ ἂν ἦν (Eur., Or. 503). Keep together, v. trans.: P. and V. συνέχειν.Keep under: see keep down.Keep up, hold out, v. intrans.: P. and V. ἀντέχειν.Keep up with: P. and V. ἕπεσθαι (dat.), συνέπεσθαι (dat.), V. ὁμαρτεῖν (dat.).——————subs.Keep of castle: use P. and V. πύργος, ὁ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Keep
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4 file
I 1. noun(a line of soldiers etc walking one behind the other.) φάλαγγα2. verb(to walk in a file: They filed across the road.) βαδίζω σε φάλαγγαII 1. noun1) (a folder, loose-leaf book etc to hold papers.) φάκελος2) (a collection of papers on a particular subject (kept in such a folder).) φάκελος3) (in computing, a collection of data stored eg on a disc.) αρχείο2. verb1) (to put (papers etc) in a file: He filed the letter under P.) αρχειοθετώ2) (to bring (a suit) before a law court: to file (a suit) for divorce.) υποβάλλω(αίτηση)•- filename- filing cabinet III 1. noun(a steel tool with a rough surface for smoothing or rubbing away wood, metal etc.) λίμα2. verb(to cut or smooth with a file: She filed her nails.) λιμάρω- filings -
5 loft
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under watch — phrase if someone is under watch, they are guarded or watched carefully at all times The prisoners are kept under watch 24 hours a day. Thesaurus: not free or independentsynonym Main entry: watch … Useful english dictionary
under wraps — adjective kept secret the plan was kept carefully under wraps • Similar to: ↑covert * * * under wraps informal : known to only a few people : ↑secret The name of the movie is being kept under wraps. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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under seal — adverb : with an authenticating seal affixed; especially : with both signature and seal * * * under seal Authenticated • • • Main Entry: ↑seal * * * under legal protection of secrecy the judge ordered that the videotape be kept under seal * * *… … Useful english dictionary
under the counter — 1. adverb Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent). Oh, yeah, I… … Wiktionary
under the counter — illegal The physical reality with many scarce goods in war torn countries: This gave him access to what extras were being kept under the counter. (Teisser du Croix, 1962, writing of Paris in the Second World War) Now used… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms