keeping

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Conformity or harmony.

   “The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.”

   “The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Charge or care.

   “His happiness is in his own keeping.”

3. (countable, uncountable)Maintenance; support; provision; feed.

   “The cattle have good keeping.”

   “The work of many hands, which earns my keeping”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of keep