Meaning

2 senses

  1. (especially, transitive)To manage with skill and economy.

  2. To act as a housewife

Examples

19 sentences

  1. Many housewives make good use of frozen food.

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  2. There are many housewives who complain about high prices.

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  3. Housewives have a hundred things to do.

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  4. We're all housewives.

    deWir sind alle Hausfrauen.

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  5. Many housewives complain about high prices.

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Forms

housewives, housewiving, housewived, housewived
Base formhousewive · to housewive
3rd person singularhousewives
Present participlehousewiving
Past simplehousewived
Past participlehousewived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhousewive
he, she, ithousewives

Past simpleLesson

all personshousewived

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill housewive

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
housematehouseplanthousewarminghousewifeB2houseworkB1housinghovel
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