Keeping

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of holding, guarding, or supporting.
  • n. Custody; care. See Synonyms at care.
  • n. Harmony; conformity: "A facade had been added, in perfect keeping with [the] original architecture” ( Nancy Holmes).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. conformity or harmony.
  • n. charge or care.
  • v. Present participle of keep.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
  • n. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
  • n. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency.
  • n. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Care; custody; charge.
  • n. Guardian care; guard; watch.
  • n. Maintenance; support; subsistence; feed; fodder: as, the cattle have good keeping.
  • n. Just proportion; conformity; congruity; consistency; harmony: as, his words are not in keeping with his deeds.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of retaining something
  • n. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
  • n. conformity or harmony
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    abidance    compliance    conformation    conformity   
    Cross Reference
    this morning i    heir-looms    upon one's keeping   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    possession    guardianship    care    custody    holding   
    Verb Stem
    keep   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    beeping    bleeping    creeping    heaping    leaping   
     
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