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Definition of Keeping

Keeping

  1. of Keep
  2. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
  3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
  4. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
  5. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

Keeping Quotations

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
Henry Ford

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
Ayn Rand

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
Lucille Ball

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
Benjamin Franklin

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Keeping Translations

keeping in French is gardant
keeping in German is haltend, aufbewahrend

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