housekeepv.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊskiːp/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌkip/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle housekept;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, keep v.

Etymology: < house n.¹ + keep v., after housekeeper n., housekeeping n. Compare earlier to keep house at house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b, and also later housebreak v. Compare the Germanic compound verbs cited at householding n.

intransitive. To do the domestic tasks involved in the running of a household; to keep house (see house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b(a)); to act as a housekeeper for someone.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > manage or administrate > manage household

to keep housec1405

to hold or keep householdc1425

to housewife it1566

economize1649

housekeep1813

to do for ——1844

1813 C. Cuthbertson Adelaide I. ii. 23 Alice will carefully housekeep for you, as she has done for me these thirty-four years.

1842 Mrs. Peabody in J. Hawthorne N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 251 I housekeep, paint, sew, study German, read.

1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 84/2 Kate shall come and housekeep.

1900 R. Kipling in Daily Express 26 June 4/5 One or other of them would housekeep for him the year round.

1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain ii. 26 Millamant who, since the death of her husband, has house-kept for her father-in-law.

2009 Observer Mag. (Nexis) 27 Sept. 32 To work, to parent, to housekeep,..and then, in the bedroom, to be ignored—it's a bum deal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	housekeep
释义	housekeepv. Brit. /ˈhaʊskiːp/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌkip/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle housekept; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, keep v. Etymology: < house n.¹ + keep v., after housekeeper n., housekeeping n. Compare earlier to keep house at house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b, and also later housebreak v. Compare the Germanic compound verbs cited at householding n. intransitive. To do the domestic tasks involved in the running of a household; to keep house (see house n.¹ and int. Phrases 4b(a)); to act as a housekeeper for someone. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > manage or administrate > manage household to keep housec1405 to hold or keep householdc1425 to housewife it1566 economize1649 housekeep1813 to do for ——1844 1813 C. Cuthbertson Adelaide I. ii. 23 Alice will carefully housekeep for you, as she has done for me these thirty-four years. 1842 Mrs. Peabody in J. Hawthorne N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 251 I housekeep, paint, sew, study German, read. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 84/2 Kate shall come and housekeep. 1900 R. Kipling in Daily Express 26 June 4/5 One or other of them would housekeep for him the year round. 1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain ii. 26 Millamant who, since the death of her husband, has house-kept for her father-in-law. 2009 Observer Mag. (Nexis) 27 Sept. 32 To work, to parent, to housekeep,..and then, in the bedroom, to be ignored—it's a bum deal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1813
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