单词 | to husband out |
释义 | > as lemmasto husband out to husband out transitive. Chiefly somewhat literary. To expend carefully with a view to making (a resource) last; to eke out. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete, fill up, or make up > by supplying what is wanting performa1382 supplyc1480 upmake1485 to make up1488 mend?a1505 to stop, to fill (in or up), to supply a gap?1523 to eke out1596 help out (also through)1600 size1608 echea1616 inch out1620 to eke up1633 supplete1664 lengthen1670 supplement1749 to husband out1762 sort1880 piecenc1900 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 63 The Dutch frugally husband out their pleasures. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 87 To husband out life's taper at the close. 1827 Lancet 3 Mar. 709/2 Shall this go forth to the world, to the condemnation of those husbanding out the largest treasures that ever merited the remembrance of a charitable intention? 1940 C. Hausmann Let. in C. J. Hausmann Priest & Patriot (2008) x. 338 My letters were all getting to look like 5th or 6th carbon copies, with my husbanding out the old ribbon. 1970 N.Y. Times Sat. Rev. Bks. & Art 1 8 Old Anders, the blind man, greatest of the modern Juvikings, has been husbanding out the last years of his life in dark old age. < as lemmas |
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