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keeping cave

keeping cave is the present participle and gerund of keep cave.

Meaning of keep cave

Verb

keep cave (third-person singular simple present keeps cave, present participle keeping cave, simple past and past participle kept cave)

  1. (UK, school slang) To maintain vigilance.
    • I vote we go down and explore. No one will come up this time o' day. We needn't keep cavé.1899 January, Rudyard Kipling, “An Unsavoury Interlude”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 73

Questions about keeping cave

What is keeping cave the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping cave is the present participle and gerund of keep cave.

Words near keeping cave in the dictionary

  1. keeping at
  2. keeping away
  3. keeping away from
  4. keeping back
  5. keeping body and soul together
  6. keeping cave
  7. keeping company
  8. keeping counsel
  9. keeping count
  10. keeping down
  11. keeping faith

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