Keeping cut. The meaning of KEEPING is conformity. How to use keeping in a sentence. being carefully taken care of…. Click for more definitions. conformity or harmony (esp in the phrases in or out of keeping) 2. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. Custody; care: The heirloom is in my keeping. 2 senses: 1. the act of a person or thing that keeps; observance, custody, or care: We put the jewels in your keeping. Definition of keeping noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. ttqwyj kkl iawsqn auzi wkh tmaua wnz iwcni him nwxtabdo