husband
To manage or administer carefully and frugallyTo manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
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» He will be a good husband.
Er wird ein guter Ehemann sein. — Espi
Он будет хорошим мужем. — ae5s
Він буде добрим чоловіком. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
use cautiously and frugally
(transitive)To conserve.
(transitive)To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
(obsolete, transitive)To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
(archaic, transitive)To provide with a husband.
Examples
2070 sentencesHe will be a good husband.
Він буде добрим чоловіком. — deniko
ruОн будет хорошим мужем. — ae5s
deEr wird ein guter Ehemann sein. — Espi
Her husband is an excellent cook.
Її чоловік чудовий повар. — Internecivus
ruЕё муж превосходный повар. — paul_lingvo
deIhr Mann ist ein hervorragender Koch. — Zaghawa
She visited her husband in prison.
Вона відвідала свого чоловіка в тюрмі. — older
ruОна навестила мужа в тюрьме. — Olya
deSie besuchte ihren Mann im Gefängnis. — Wolf
How did your first husband die?
Як помер твій перший чоловік? — deniko
ruКак умер ваш первый муж? — odexed
deWie ist Ihr erster Mann gestorben? — mayabe
I thought Tom was your husband.
Я думав, що Том твій чоловік. — deniko
ruЯ думал, Том - твой муж. — marafon
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. CalquInherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.
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Forms
husbands, husbanding, husbanded, husbandedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Family and people — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- ex husband
- a good husband
- is your husband
- husband and wife
- kisses her husband
- good husband
- her husband anymore
- killed her husband
- my husband is
- left her husband
- good husband and
- leave her husband
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.