1. Keep under control; keep in check
   - restrain, keep, hold back 
2. Secure and keep for possible future use or application
   - retain, hold, hold back 
3. Hold back; refuse to hand over or share
   - withhold

Derived forms: keeping back, kept back, keeps back

See also: keep

Type of: bottle up, deny, hold on, inhibit, keep, refuse, suppress

• knitting stitch
• knitwear
• knitwork
• knob
• knob celery
• knobbed
• knobble
• knobbly
• knobby
• knobcone pine
• knobkerrie
• knobkerry
• knock
• knock against
• knock back
• knock cold
• knock on
• knock over
• knock rummy
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• knock-knee
• knock-kneed
• knock-on effect
• knock-up
• knockabout