Definition of "housekeep"
verb
third-person singular simple present housekeeps, present participle housekeeping, simple past and past participle housekept
(intransitive) To carry out the domestic duties of housekeeping.
Quotations
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, page 24
"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