Keeping

Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keep
  • (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
  • (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
  • (n.) Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
  • (n.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

Compare keeping with other words:

keeling vs. keeping

keeping vs. saving

keeping vs. peeping

keeping vs. keeving

keeping vs. weeping

keeping vs. placing

charge vs. keeping

harmony vs. keeping

conformity vs. keeping

keeping vs. unbecoming

award vs. keeping