English Words in Action, Group H
(a variety of English words which have developed through history and are currently used in our modern age)
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husband (verb), husbands; husbanded; husbanding
1. To manage or to administer carefully and frugally: After her divorce and having a meagre income, Sally husbanded her household as thriftily, prudently, and as economically as possible.
2. To use to the best advantage: Because the area where Tom lived had been completely flooded and the streets were still cut off, all the residents were asked to husband their stocks and provisions.
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2. To use to the best advantage: Because the area where Tom lived had been completely flooded and the streets were still cut off, all the residents were asked to husband their stocks and provisions.
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An organism that is the result of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially, offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species: After reading about mules for her biology class at school, Judy learned that they were hybrids, having a horse and a donkey as its parents.
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A person who is a water drinker: Besides drinking a lot of tea, Bruce was also a hydropot, and always took a bottle of aqua with him wherever he went.
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