housewive en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈhaʊswaɪv/
Meanings
-
(especially, of women, transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well-housewived.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- To act as a housewife
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| huswife | alternative | lexicographic | |
| housewiving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| housewives | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| housewife | alternative | lexicographic | |
| housewived | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| housewived | Tense=Past | lexicographic |