housekeeping

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Noun housekeeping has 1 sense

housework, housekeeping - the work of cleaning and running a house
--₁ is a kind of work

Derived form: verb housekeep₁

Verb housekeep has 1 sense

housekeep - maintain a household; take care of all household-related business
--₁ is one way to keep, maintain, hold

Derived forms: noun housekeeper₁, noun housekeeping₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s