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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Keeping \Keep"ing\, n.
1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care;
preservation.
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His happiness is in his own keeping. --South.
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2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have
good keeping.
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The work of many hands, which earns my keeping.
--Milton.
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3. 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.
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4. (Paint.) Harmony or correspondence between the different
parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this
painting is not in keeping.
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{Keeping room}, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov.
Eng.]
Syn: Care; guardianship; custody; possession.
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