Wife (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural wives [wahyvz]. /waɪvz/.
  1. a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
  2. a woman (archaic or dial., except in idioms): old wives' tale.
verb (used with or without object), wifed, wif·ing.
  1. wive.
Idioms
  1. to marry (a particular woman): He took an heiress to wife.
  1. a combining form of wife, now unproductive, occurring in compound words that in general designate traditional roles or occupations of women: fishwife; goodwife; housewife; midwife.
noun plural wives (waɪvz)
  1. a man's partner in marriage; a married woman
  2. an archaic or dialect word for woman
  3. to marry (a woman)
Wife (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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