keep wicket in English

Audio: en-au-keep wicket.ogg

Forms: keeps wicket [present, singular, third-person], keeping wicket [participle, present], kept wicket [participle, past], kept wicket [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,kept>}} keep wicket (third-person singular simple present keeps wicket, present participle keeping wicket, simple past and past participle kept wicket)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "kept wicket",
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        "past"
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    },
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        "To act as wicket-keeper."
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        "(cricket, intransitive) To act as wicket-keeper."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "wicketkeep"
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        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
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    {
      "form": "keeps wicket",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping wicket",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept wicket",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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"keep wicket" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms