Care and feeding
Care and feeding noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.
Usage example: devotes too much time to the care and feeding of her buggy computer
Maintenance and care and feeding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintenance" instead a noun phrase "Care and feeding".
Maintenance
Maintenance noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.
Usage example: I was hired to perform basic maintenance until the property could be sold
Care and feeding and maintenance are semantically related. You can use "Care and feeding" instead a noun "Maintenance".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- care and care and feeding
- care and maintenance
- guardianship and care and feeding
- guardianship and maintenance
- keep and care and feeding
- keep and maintenance
- protection and care and feeding
- protection and maintenance
- custody and care and feeding
- custody and maintenance
- support and care and feeding
- support and maintenance
- preservation and care and feeding
- preservation and maintenance
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Maintenance and Care and feeding. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/care_and_feeding/maintenance
Care and feeding & Maintenance. N.p., 2017. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/care_and_feeding/maintenance>.
Maintenance or Care and feeding. 2017. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/care_and_feeding/maintenance.
