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(transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise. / (transitive) To conserve. / (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.

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husband

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Source Word

husband

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhʌz.bənd/

Verb

transitive obsolete

Japanese Meaning

慎重かつ倹約的に管理・運用する / 資源や費用を大切に節約する / （古語）耕作する、栽培する、農業を営む

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We must husband our resources to get through the harsh winter.

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厳しい冬を乗り切るために、私たちは資源を節約しなければならない。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

And for my meanes, I'll husband them so well,

They shall go farre with little.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To conserve.

...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.

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