housekeep

verb

1. (intransitive)To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.

   “I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep, and club; all in their proper proportions⁠——”

   “"I knew our week at this hotel was out to-morrow," she continued, "and we've about used up this place, anyway, and the new village that I've b'en to is the prettiest place we've seen yet; it's got an up-and-down hill to it, just like home, and the house I've partly rented is opposite a fair green, where there's a market every week, and Wednesday's the day; and we'll save money, for I shan't cost you so much when we can housekeep."”

2. (ambitransitive)To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.

   “The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.”

noun

1. (archaic)The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.

   “The housekeep was back rather quickly with a tray, which held a flagon of ale and a pewter cup as well as bread and cheese.”

   “Something clearly went wrong, for in the accounts for 1624, against the record of £50 paid to Jenninges the Housekeep at Theobalds for the setting of those Trees wch my Lord sent the king', Sackville Crowe has written in the margin that "This my Lord would not have comaunded againe though it were for the [king's] use'.”

   “'Clumsy, stupid girl!' 'Here, there's no call for that,' the house-keep protested. 'She's only trying to help.'”