keeping
/ˈkiːpɪŋ/ noun A1- Conformity or harmony. · The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.· The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
- Charge or care.
- Maintenance; support; provision; feed. · The cattle have good keeping.
Plural keepings
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But soon she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall.
“I don’t fancy her style myself,” admitted Marilla, “but it’s that or keeping her ourselves, Matthew.
In the afternoon the sun shone hot in their faces, for there were no trees to offer them shade; so that before night Dorothy and Toto and the Lion were tired, and lay down upon the grass and fell asleep, with the Woodman and the Scarecrow keeping watch.
A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life.
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