keeping

Speech parts

1. keeping - Noun

2. keeping - Verb

Meaning

of Keep

A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.

Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.

Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

guardianship care holding possession custody retention safekeeping lee ward conservancy salvation guard aegis support control

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Antonyms

wheeling end death giving fighting transfer

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Hypernyms

responsibility duty ownership possession obligation compliance

Hyponyms

storage custody withholding hands

Phrases with the word

bee keeping keeping out keeping quiet keeping watch in keeping keeping silence

Anagrams

peeking

Examples

By keeping the Commandments the soul is purified and the mind too is enlightened, and starts to function as nature intended it to. 'The command of the Lord gives light and enlightens the eyes' (Ps. 19:8). Dorotheus of Gaza

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another. Basil of Caesarea

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. Pablo Picasso

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it. Dutch Proverb

Keeping from falling is better then helping up. Italian Proverb

Keeping a secret is a commitment. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Keepers keepership keepie-uppie keeping a close check on keeping a stiff upper lip keeping a weather eye on