Definition of "housekeep" [housekeep]

• To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping. (verb)

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• "Twelve years before she had come here to "housekeep," as the old phrase went."
• "Today, the most common type of marriage is the Companionate Marriage, in which husband and wife each have a career, and they co-parent and co-housekeep according to gender-free norms they negotiate."
• "And there's a tight little cottage of three rooms the two of you can housekeep in."