keep house
keep house verb: to take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
Verb
keep house (third-person singular simple present keeps house, present participle keeping house, simple past and past participle kept house)
- To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
- So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
- To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.
- Synonyms:
- knead
Synonyms of keep house
Forms of keep house
| third-person singular present | keeps house |
|---|---|
| present participle | keeping house |
| past participle | kept house |
| past | kept house |
Questions about keep house
- What does keep house mean?
- Keep house means to take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
- What part of speech is keep house?
- Keep house is a verb.
- What is the past tense of keep house?
- The past tense of keep house is kept house.
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