husbanded
Meaning of husbanded
- use (resources) economically.
she husbanded their financial resources through difficult times
late Old English (in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’), from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.
Information about husbanded
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of husbanded
hus-banded
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- husbanded is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
husbanded synonyms
Meaning prevent the wasteful overuse of (a resource):
Meaning maintain (something) in its original or existing state:
Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:
Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:
Meaning retain for future use:
Meaning keep or accumulate (something) for future use:
Meaning accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials):
Meaning accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away:
husbanded antonyms
Meaning waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner:
Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:
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