Definition of keeping

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Keeping (n.) 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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Baby Farming :: Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm.
Lock :: Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..
Storage :: Storage (n.) Space for the safe keeping of goods.
Seraglio :: Seraglio (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery..
Cure :: Cure (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay..
Storehouse :: Storehouse (n.) A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse..
Livery :: Livery (n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Record :: Record (v. t.) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law..
Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto..
Footman :: Footman (n.) A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire..
Fosseway :: Fosseway (n.) One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.
Sequestrator :: Sequestrator (n.) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.
Journalism :: Journalism (n.) The keeping of a journal or diary.
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..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place for keeping flash, in a river..
Hoard :: Hoard (v. t.) To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain..
Keep :: Keep (n.) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
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