Usually means: Maintain order and cleanliness domestically.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. housekeep: Merriam-Webster
  2. housekeep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. housekeep: Collins English Dictionary
  4. housekeep: Vocabulary.com
  5. housekeep: Wordnik
  6. housekeep: Wiktionary
  7. housekeep: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. housekeep: Dictionary.com
  9. housekeep: Rhymezone
  10. housekeep: FreeDictionary.org
  11. housekeep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. housekeep: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. housekeep: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. housekeep: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (housekeep)

verb:  (intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
verb:  (ambitransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
noun:  (archaic or fantasy) The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.

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