Word.ws English Dictionary

upkept

upkept is the simple past and past participle of upkeep.

Meaning of upkeep

Verb

upkeep (third-person singular simple present upkeeps, present participle upkeeping, simple past and past participle upkept)

  1. (UK, transitive) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
    • Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

See all 2 meanings of upkeep

Questions about upkept

What is upkept the simple past and past participle of?
Upkept is the simple past and past participle of upkeep.

Words near upkept in the dictionary

  1. upjumped
  2. upkeep
  3. upkeeped
  4. upkeeping
  5. upkeeps
  6. upkept
  7. upkick
  8. upkicks
  9. upkindle
  10. upkindled
  11. upkindles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: upkept (page history and authors); upkeep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “upkept.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/upkept. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.