Word.ws English Dictionary

upkeeping

upkeeping is the present participle and gerund of upkeep.

Meaning of upkeep

Verb

upkeep (third-person singular simple present upkeeps, present participle upkeeping, simple past and past participle upkept)

  1. (UK, transitive) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
    • Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

See all 2 meanings of upkeep

Questions about upkeeping

What is upkeeping the present participle and gerund of?
Upkeeping is the present participle and gerund of upkeep.

Words near upkeeping in the dictionary

  1. Upjohn
  2. Upjohns
  3. upjumped
  4. upkeep
  5. upkeeped
  6. upkeeping
  7. upkeeps
  8. upkept
  9. upkick
  10. upkicks
  11. upkindle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: upkeeping (page history and authors); upkeep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “upkeeping.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/upkeeping. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.