Definition of keeping

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Keeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.

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Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order..
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison..
Volume :: Volume (n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients..
Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.
Companionship :: Companionship (n.) Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.
Storage :: Storage (n.) The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse..
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..
Confide :: Confide (v. t.) To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal..
Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Look :: Look (v. i.) To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below..
Sequestrator :: Sequestrator (n.) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.
Reservative :: Reservative (a.) Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself..
Handfast :: Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..
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..
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..
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