What does it mean to be a well kept woman?

What does it mean to be a well kept woman?

noun. Definition: woman supported by lover: a woman who is financially supported by a lover, especially by a married man ( often considered offensive ) R.

What is a kept man?

: a man who is kept as a lover by someone.

What does it mean to be well kept?

1 : always having a neat, tidy, and attractive appearance well-kept houses/lawns.

What does kept mean?

Kept is the past tense and past participle of keep.

Will be keep or kept?

The word keep is defined as “to have or retain possession,” of an object, or “place an object” somewhere. The past tense and past participle of the word keep is “kept”. The word keep when used as a verb, requires an object which can be seen in the following sentences in the present tense. You may keep the change.

Should keep or kept?

should is the past tense of modal verb shall. The lexical verb here is keep and its past participle form is kept. should have kept. The auxiliary verb have never partners with the infinitive.

Have been kept meaning?

If you say ‘I have kept’ that means that you used to keep whatever it was you were keeping. when you say ‘I’ve been keeping’ this implies that you are still in the process of keeping whatever it is that you are keeping. See a translation.

Has kept or had kept?

Yes, “had kept” is the correct answer. When you use “past perfect” in “would rather” sentences, you refer to the past. Maybe they were having this conversation on Monday and the speaker was expressing his disappointment.

Will keep meaning?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English it’ll keepused to say that you can tell someone something or do something later ‘I don’t have time to listen now. ‘ ‘Don’t worry, it’ll keep.

Is Kept past tense?

make verb forms

Infinitive Present Participle Past Tense
keep keeping kept

Is keeping Past Present Future?

The past tense of keep is kept. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of keep is keeps. The present participle of keep is keeping. The past participle of keep is kept.

What is the past perfect tense of kept?

sleep – model verbⓘChange -ee- to -e- and append -t to form the preterit and the past participle….Perfect tenses.

past perfectⓘ pluperfect
he, she, it had kept
we had kept
you had kept
they had kept

What is eat in past tense?

The verb ‘eat’ is irregular. Therefore the past simple tense is ‘ate’ and the past participle is ‘eaten’. E.g. I ate dinner with my friends yesterday (past simple tense). I’ve eaten dinner so you don’t need to cook for me (present perfect tense).

Do you say eaten or ate?

“Ate” is the grammatically correct past tense of the verb “eat.” “Eaten” is not, but could be used in the past sense in a passive sentence such as “I looked for the apple that had been on the table, but it was eaten.” But in this case it would be a past participle, not a verb in the past tense.

What is the past tense of falling?

make verb forms

Infinitive Present Participle Past Tense
fall falling fell or ( in archaic sense only ) felled

What is the past simple of sleep?

Sleep verb forms

Infinitive Present Participle Past Tense
sleep sleeping slept