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HOUSEKEEP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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)

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