Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to housekeep
Participle: housekept
Gerund: housekeeping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | housekeep |
| you | housekeep |
| he;she;it | housekeeps |
| we | housekeep |
| you | housekeep |
| they | housekeep |
Perfect
| I | have housekept |
| you | have housekept |
| he;she;it | has housekept |
| we | have housekept |
| you | have housekept |
| they | have housekept |
Past
| I | housekept |
| you | housekept |
| he;she;it | housekept |
| we | housekept |
| you | housekept |
| they | housekept |
Pluperfect
| I | had housekept |
| you | had housekept |
| he;she;it | had housekept |
| we | had housekept |
| you | had housekept |
| they | had housekept |
Future
| I | will housekeep |
| you | will housekeep |
| he;she;it | will housekeep |
| we | will housekeep |
| you | will housekeep |
| they | will housekeep |
Future Perfect
| I | will have housekept |
| you | will have housekept |
| he;she;it | will have housekept |
| we | will have housekept |
| you | will have housekept |
| they | will have housekept |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | housekeep |
| you | housekeep |
| he;she;it | housekeep |
| we | housekeep |
| you | housekeep |
| they | housekeep |
Perfect
| I | have housekept |
| you | have housekept |
| he;she;it | have housekept |
| we | have housekept |
| you | have housekept |
| they | have housekept |
Imperfect
| I | housekept |
| you | housekept |
| he;she;it | housekept |
| we | housekept |
| you | housekept |
| they | housekept |
Pluperfect
| I | had housekept |
| you | had housekept |
| he;she;it | had housekept |
| we | had housekept |
| you | had housekept |
| they | had housekept |
Conditional
Present
| I | would housekeep |
| you | would housekeep |
| he;she;it | would housekeep |
| we | would housekeep |
| you | would housekeep |
| they | would housekeep |
Perfect
| I | would have housekept |
| you | would have housekept |
| he;she;it | would have housekept |
| we | would have housekept |
| you | would have housekept |
| they | would have housekept |
Imperative
| you | housekeep |
| we | Let's housekeep |
| you | housekeep |
Verbs conjugated like 'housekeep'
creep,
feel,
keep,
lose,
oversleep,
sleep,
sweep,
weep,
becreep,
besleep,
book-keep,
bookkeep,
cosleep,
downsweep,
foreweep,
forsleep,
gatekeep,
housekeep,
increep,
kape, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'housekeep'
outkeep,
book-keep,
bookkeep,
cosleep,
foreweep,
forsleep,
gatekeep,
goosestep,
horsewhip,
house,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from housekeeping.
Sample Sentences
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I would go to school, and practise, and housekeep, and club; all in their proper proportions—— [1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Decision”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 24:]
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"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." [1901, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Penelope's Irish Experiences:]
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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. [1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide, page 14:]