LookItUphusband
Meaning in simple English
US /ˈhʌzbənd/
husband means: The man someone is married to.
noun
MARRIED MANA1
The man someone is married to.
- My husband is a teacher.
- Her husband cooked dinner last night.
- Have you met their husbands?
MALE ANIMAL PARTNERC2
The male animal in a pair that live or breed together.
- The female bird waited for her husband.
- Her husband brought food to the nest.
- The keeper called the male swan her husband.
SUPPORT CUSHIONC2
A large cushion with arms that supports your back while you sit in bed.
- She bought a husband for her bed.
- The soft husband supported his back while he read.
- I leaned against the husband and opened my book.
verb
USE CAREFULLYC2
If you do this, you manage money or supplies carefully so that none is wasted.
- We must husband our resources.
- She husbanded the household money carefully.
- They were husbanding their remaining supplies for the long winter.
SAVE RESOURCESC2
If you do this, you save your strength or supplies for when they are needed.
- Husband your strength for tomorrow.
- The walkers husbanded their remaining water.
- She husbanded her energy during the early stages of the race.
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