Word: gatekeeps
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: gate
keeps
Definition: Third-person singular of gatekeep. To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
Morphemes:
Affix: gate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To furnish with a gate.
Affix: keep
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To restrain.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: kepen
Language: enm
Decoded: kepen
Meaning: to keep, guard, look after, watch
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs