husband in English dictionary

  • husband

    Meanings and definitions of "husband"

    • A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
    • Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
    • (transitive) To conserve
    • (transitive) to nurture, to farm.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A prudent or frugal manager.
    • noun
      A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
    • noun
      The male of a pair of animals.
    • noun
      (Britain)
      A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
    • noun
      A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
    • noun
      (Britain dialectal)
      A polled tree; a pollard.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To conserve.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To provide with a husband.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
    • male partner in marriage
    • to conserve
    • (slang for) husband
    • master (of house, shop, etc.)
    • The male partner in a marriage.
    • noun
      a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
    • verb
      use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"

    Synonyms of "husband" in English dictionary

    conserve, economise, married man are the top synonyms of "husband" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "husband" in English dictionary

    waste, wife are the top antonyms of "husband" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of husband

    • lm  liczba mnoga husbands
    • husband ( plural  husbands)
    • husband ( third-person singular simple present husbands, present participle husbanding, simple past and past participle husbanded)
    • husband (plural husbands)
    • husband (third-person singular simple present husbands, present participle husbanding, simple past and past participle husbanded)
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