housekeep

American  

[hous-keep] / ˈhaʊsˌkip /

verb (used without object)

housekept, housekeeping

1. to keep or maintain a house.

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Etymology

Origin of housekeep

First recorded in 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping

Example Sentences

May she continue to write her charming poetry, housekeep, and defend all other keepers of the home for many more years to come.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, the medical scientists who housekeep for vitamins have an unmanageable lot of charges.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mrs. Goodale's gone, too, and there ain't nobody else to housekeep for us," Rosslyn added plaintively, "'cept Mercy."

From Tabitha's Vacation by Brown, Ruth Alberta

There's two rooms upstairs in which you could housekeep if you wanted to.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

You know you said it was not worth while for me to learn to housekeep.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.