housewive

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/ˈhaʊswaɪv/

verb

To manage with skill and economy.

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Meanings

verbhousewive (third-person singular simple present housewives, present participle housewiving, simple past and past participle housewived)

present singular third person housewives · participle present housewiving · participle past housewived · past housewived · alternative housewife · alternative huswife

  1. especiallytransitiveTo 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)
  2. To act as a housewife
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “housewive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housewive.

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