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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Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (n.) Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch..
Baby Farming :: Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm.
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..
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..
Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities..
Keeping :: Keeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kee.
Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..
Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..
Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A place for keeping flash, in a river..
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..
Seclusive :: Seclusive (a.) Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.
Sour :: Sour (superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned..
Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold..
Orderly :: Orderly (a.) Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Dossil :: Dossil (n.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent..
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