Meaning

3 senses

  1. To be a housemaid.

  2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.

  3. To clean, as a housemaid.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Mary is a housemaid.

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  2. Rima is a housemaid.

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  3. Rima became a housemaid.

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Origin

From house + maid.

From house + maid.

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Forms

housemaids, housemaiding, housemaided, housemaided
Base formhousemaid · to housemaid
3rd person singularhousemaids
Present participlehousemaiding
Past simplehousemaided
Past participlehousemaided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhousemaid
he, she, ithousemaids

Past simpleLesson

all personshousemaided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave housemaided
he, she, ithas housemaided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill housemaid

Word family

2 related words
Relatedhousegirlhousemaid's knee

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
householdB1housekeeperB2housekeepinghouselesshousematehouseplanthousewarminghousewifeB2
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