Keep and Untie

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

Untie and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Untie" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Untie

Untie verb - To disengage the knotted parts of.

Keep and untie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Untie".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

hair keep hair untie hair
hands keep hands untie hands
kids keep kids untie kids
enemies keep enemies untie enemies

Both words in one sentence

  • Younger wrestlers are supposed to introduce themselves to everyone, shake hands very gently with all the veterans, and then keep their mouths shut except to volunteer to help people (carry bags, untie boots, etc) and thank their locker room superiors for giving them a chance to work.
  • Film / Lucky Bastard Bondage Is Bad: Ashley convinces Dave to untie her before she'll have sex with him ("If you keep me tied up, it's rape").
  • Literature / Just After Sunset Slap Yourself Awake: In The Gingerbread Girl, Emily bites down on her injured lip to keep herself from passing out when she should be trying to untie herself.
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