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KEMPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kempt mean? 

KEMPT (adjective)
  The adjective KEMPT has 1 sense:

1. (of hair) neat and tidyplay

  Familiarity information: KEMPT used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KEMPT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(of hair) neat and tidy

Synonyms:

kempt; tidy

Context example:

a nicely kempt beard

Similar:

groomed (neat and smart in appearance; well cared for)


 Context examples 


It was close upon four before the door opened, and a drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and disreputable clothes, walked into the room.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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