"housewive" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhaʊswaɪv/ Forms: housewives [present, singular, third-person], housewiving [participle, present], housewived [participle, past], housewived [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} housewive (third-person singular simple present housewives, present participle housewiving, simple past and past participle housewived)
  1. (transitive, especially of women) To manage with skill and economy. Tags: especially, transitive
    Sense id: en-housewive-en-verb-Ncr6LVfs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. To act as a housewife
    Sense id: en-housewive-en-verb-HUrLYo8~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: housewife, huswife [obsolete]

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