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Webster 1913 Edition


Keeping

Keep′ing

,
Noun.
1.
A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
His happiness is in his own
keeping
.
South.
2.
Maintenance; support; provision; feed;
as, the cattle have good
keeping
.
The work of many hands, which earns my
keeping
.
Milton.
4.
(Paint.)
Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art;
as, the foreground of this painting is not in
keeping
.
Syn. – Care; guardianship; custody; possession.

Webster 1828 Edition


Keeping

KEE'PING

,
ppr.
Holding; restraining; preserving; guarding; protecting; performing.

KEE'PING

,
Noun.
A holding; restraint; custody; guard; preservation.
1.
Feed; fodder. The cattle have good keeping.
2.
In painting, a representation of objects in the manner they appear to the eye at different distance from it.

Definition 2024


keeping

keeping

English

Noun

keeping (countable and uncountable, plural keepings)

  1. conformity or harmony.
    The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
    The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
  2. charge or care.
    • South
      His happiness is in his own keeping.
  3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
    The cattle have good keeping.
    • Milton
      the work of many hands, which earns my keeping

Verb

keeping

  1. present participle of keep

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