keeping

Etymology

noun

  1. Conformity or harmony.
    The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
    The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
  2. Charge or care.
  3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
    The cattle have good keeping.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of keep

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