Keeping
Keep·ing
Keeping
n.
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A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
His happiness is in his own keeping.
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Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
The work of many hands, which earns my keeping.
- Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other; his levity is not in keeping with the seriousness of the occasion.
- Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. (Paint.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Keeping room
- a family sitting room.