Housekeep (original) (raw)
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "housekeep" is one way to...):
hold; keep; maintain (cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., 'keep clean')
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
housekeeper (a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household)
housekeeping (the work of cleaning and running a house)