husband
Related
Derived from housbonde
Compounds
In compounds
Forms
- singular : husband
- plural : husbands
- English possessive, singular : husband's
- English possessive, plural : husbands'
Senses
husband
Forms
- simple present : husband
- simple present, singular, third person : husbands
- simple past : husbanded
- present participle : husbanding
- past participle : husbanded
Senses
Examples (not attached to a Sense)
So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal, whose labor could with difficulty find him bare means of life.