# husbanded

Pronunciation: say "HUZ-buhnd-id" /ˈhʌz.bənd.ɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of husband. — simple past and past participle of husband
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of husband. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The village husbanded its grain reserves through a difficult harvest._
   - _She had husbanded her energy for the final climb._

## Adjective

2. Conserved; kept and managed carefully so as not to be used up.
   - Simple: Carefully saved or used a little at a time so that none is wasted.
   - _The carefully husbanded woodland yielded timber for generations._
   - _Husbanded reserves of grain saw the city through the long siege._

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