Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

    use cautiously and frugally

  2. (transitive)To conserve.

  3. (transitive)To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.

  5. (archaic, transitive)To provide with a husband.

Examples

2070 sentences
  1. He will be a good husband.

    Він буде добрим чоловіком. — deniko

    ruОн будет хорошим мужем. — ae5s

    deEr wird ein guter Ehemann sein. — Espi

  2. Her husband is an excellent cook.

    Її чоловік чудовий повар. — Internecivus

    ruЕё муж превосходный повар. — paul_lingvo

    deIhr Mann ist ein hervorragender Koch. — Zaghawa

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. I thought Tom was your husband.

    Я думав, що Том твій чоловік. — deniko

    ruЯ думал, Том - твой муж. — marafon

Translations

5 languages

Origin

Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calqu

Inherited 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, husbanded
Base formhusband · to husband
3rd person singularhusbands
Present participlehusbanding
Past simplehusbanded
Past participlehusbanded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhusband
he, she, ithusbands

Past simpleLesson

all personshusbanded

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill husband

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

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 dictionary

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