keeping

Meaning of keeping

verb
  1. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
    to keep silence;  to keep one's word;  to keep possession
  2. (heading) To hold the status of something.
  3. (heading) To hold or be held in a state.
  4. To wait for, keep watch for.
  5. To act as wicket-keeper.
    Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
  6. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
  7. To be in session; to take place.
    School keeps today.
  8. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
  9. (by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
  10. To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
    The feast of St. Stephen is kept on December 26.
noun
  1. Conformity or harmony.
    The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
  2. Charge or care.
  3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
    The cattle have good keeping.

Information about keeping

  • The plural form of keeping is: keepings.
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Hyphenation of keeping

keep-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • keeping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

keeping synonyms

Meaning guardianship:

guardianship, safekeeping

Meaning retention:

retention, holding

Meaning :

retain, preserve, protect

Anagrams of keeping

peeking

Words that rhyme with keeping

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