Definition of keeping

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

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Seraglio :: Seraglio (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
Stabling :: Stabling (n.) The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
Keeping :: Keeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.
Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..
Sequestrator :: Sequestrator (n.) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Tillage :: Tillage (n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops..
Tantalize :: Tantalize (v. t.) To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment..
Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.
Exercise :: Exercise (n.) Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback..
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice..
Seclusive :: Seclusive (a.) Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation..
Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee..
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..
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