house (verb)
61ware|house — «noun. WAIR HOWS; verb. WAIR HOWZ, HOWS», noun, verb, housed, hous|ing. –n. 1. a place where goods are kept, especially in large quantities; storehouse. SYNONYM(S): depot, depository, entrepôt. 2. Especially British. a) a store where goods are …
62linking verb — linking .verb also .link verb n a verb that connects the subject of a sentence with its ↑complement, for example seem in the sentence the house seems big = ↑copula …
63rough-house — (n.) 1887, uproar, disturbance, from ROUGH (Cf. rough) (adj.) + HOUSE (Cf. house). The verb is first attested 1896 …
64action verb — noun, pl ⋯ verbs [count] grammar : a verb that expresses action “Drive” in “We often drive past their house” and “think” in “Let s think about the problem” are both action verbs. compare ↑linking verb …
65dis|house — «dihs HOWZ», transitive verb, housed, hous|ing. 1. to evict from a house. 2. to clear (ground) of houses …
66re|house — «ree HOWZ», transitive verb, housed, hous|ing. to house again; provide with other houses: »There s enough quick growing pulpwood in the Amazon Valley alone to let us rehouse the whole world every ten years (New Yorker) …
67Committee of the whole house — Committee Com*mit tee, n. [Cf. OF. comit[ e] company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. {County}.] One or more …
68play house — 1. noun A childs toy domestic dwelling, either for dolls or large enough for the child to enter. 2. verb To act out traditional housekeeping and family roles. Little girls seem to enjoy playing house more than little boys …
69rough|house — «RUHF HOWS», noun, verb, housed, hous|ing. Informal. –n. rough play; rowdy conduct; disorderly behavior. –v.i. to act in a rough or disorderly way: »One driver on Second Avenue put off a group of pupils for roughhousing (New York Times). –v.t. to …
70rough-house — 1 noun (singular) BrE old fashioned a noisy fight, usually without weapons 2 verb (I) AmE to play roughly or fight; wrestle (1): Either stop roughhousing or play outside! roughly / rVfli/ adverb 1 not exactly; about: There were roughly 200 people …
