p.pr. & ·vb.n. of keep.
2. keeping ·noun a holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
3. keeping ·noun maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
4. keeping ·noun conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
5. keeping ·noun harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.