Wife
41wife — noun after seventeen years, he was still madly in love with his wife Syn: spouse, partner, life partner, mate, consort, woman, helpmate, helpmeet, bride; informal old lady, wifey, better half, other half, missus, ball and chain, significant other …
42wife — n mate, spouse, consort, helpmate, helpmeet, soul mate, Sl. Facetious. better half; bride, wedded wife, woman, lady, rib, squaw, Inf. missis, Inf. old lady, Inf. the little woman, woman or lady of the house …
43wife*/*/*/ — [waɪf] (plural wives [waɪvz] ) noun [C] the woman that a man is married to I d better phone my wife and tell her I ll be late.[/ex] a reception for the wives of the ambassadors[/ex] …
44-wife — aff. a combining form of wife, now unproductive, occurring in words that designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife[/ex] …
45wife — [[t]waɪf[/t]] n. pl. wives [[t]waɪvz[/t]] 1) ant a woman joined in marriage to a man and considered as his spouse 2) a woman (archaic or dial., except in idioms): old wives tales[/ex] • take to wife Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE wīf woman, c. OFris …
46wife — A woman united to a man by marriage; a woman who has a husband living and undivorced. The correlative term is husband. See also common law wife …
47wife·ly — /ˈwaıfli/ adj old fashioned : of, relating to, or suitable for a wife wifely affection …
48Wife acceptance factor — Wife Acceptance Factor, Wife Approval Factor, or Wife Appeal Factor[1] (WAF), are design elements that increase the likelihood a wife will approve the purchase of expensive consumer electronics products such as high fidelity loudspeakers, home… …
49Wife's equity — Wife Wife, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[=i]b, Icel. v[=i]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus,… …
50Wife’s Lament, The — (Wife’s Complaint) (10th century) The Wife’s Lament is an OLD ENGLISH poem of 53 lines found in the EXETER BOOK, a 10th century manuscript that is the largest single compilation of Old English poetry. Like WULF AND EADWACER, The Wife’s Lament… …
