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  • 21keeping — noun the action or fact of keeping something. Phrases in someone s keeping in someone s care or custody. in (or out of) keeping with in (or out of) harmony or conformity with …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 22keeping — noun (U) 1 in sb s keeping being looked after or guarded by someone 2 in safe keeping being carefully guarded somewhere 3 in keeping/out of keeping (with sth) suitable or not suitable for a particular occasion or purpose: Please ensure your… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23keeping — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of one that keeps: as a. custody, maintenance b. observance c. a reserving or preserving for future use 2. a. the means by which something is kept ; support, provision b. the state of being kept or …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24out of joint — Synonyms and related words: amiss, askew, awry, broken, cockeyed, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, displaced, disturbed, haywire, ill adapted,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25out of line — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, abominable, approximate, approximative, atrocious, bad, criminal, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, disorderly, disruptive, evil, hardly the thing, ignominious, ill adapted, ill assorted, ill chosen …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26out of order — Synonyms and related words: amiss, askew, awry, bad, broken, cockeyed, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disruptive, disturbed, functionless, haywire,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27out of place — Synonyms and related words: amiss, askew, awry, bad, cockeyed, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, futile, haywire, ill adapted, ill advised, ill… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28out of season — Synonyms and related words: aestival, ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arctic, at a premium, autumn, autumnal, back number, beforehand, behind the times, behind time, behindhand, boreal, brumal, canicular, dated, early, equinoctial,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29keeping — See: IN KEEPING, OUT OF KEEPING …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30keeping — See: IN KEEPING, OUT OF KEEPING …

    Dictionary of American idioms