1. Verb form
of Keep
2. Noun
A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
3. Noun
Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
4. Noun
Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
5. Noun
Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
6. Noun
the act of retaining something
Vocabulary classified under Law
7. Noun
the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"
Vocabulary classified under Law
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