"well-kept" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: better-kept [comparative], more well-kept [comparative], best-kept [superlative], most well-kept [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better-kept|more|sup=best-kept}} well-kept (comparative better-kept or more well-kept, superlative best-kept or most well-kept)
  1. neat, tidy, kept in good condition. Translations (neat, tidy): úpravný (Czech), pěstěný (Czech), udržovaný (Czech), velholdt (Danish), velholdt (Norwegian Bokmål), nadhifu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-well-kept-en-adj-9ZtYJ6md Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'neat, tidy': 98 2
  2. (of a secret) not told to anyone.
    Sense id: en-well-kept-en-adj-MZ4PAjx-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: well kept Translations (well-kept secret): velbevaret (Danish)
Disambiguation of 'well-kept secret': 0 0

Download JSON data for well-kept meaning in English (2.1kB)

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