house (verb)

  • 1house — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 building that is made for one family to live in ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, comfortable, elegant, fancy (esp. AmE), fine, grand, handsome, lovely, luxurious …

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  • 2house — ► NOUN 1) a building for human habitation. 2) a building in which animals live or in which things are kept: a reptile house. 3) a building devoted to a particular activity: a house of prayer. 4) a firm or institution: a fashion house. 5) a… …

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  • 3house-hunt — houseˈ hunt intransitive verb To look for a house to live in • • • Main Entry: ↑house * * * v. [intrans.] seek a house to buy or rent and live in Derivatives: house hunter n. house hunting n …

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  • 4house-train — verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house • Syn: ↑housebreak • Hypernyms: ↑train, ↑develop, ↑prepare, ↑educate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 5house|wive — «HOWS WYV», intransitive verb, transitive verb, wived, wiv|ing. to housewife …

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  • 6house-sit — house ,sit verb intransitive to live in someone s house in order to take care of it while they are away ╾ house ,sitter noun count …

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  • 7house-hunt — verb [usu. as noun house hunting] seek a house to buy or rent. Derivatives house hunter noun …

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  • 8house´-sit´ter — house sit «HOWS SIHT», intransitive verb. Especially U.S. to live in and take care of a house while the regular occupants are away. –house´ sit´ter, noun …

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  • 9house-sit — verb live in and look after a house while its owner is away. Derivatives house sitter noun …

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  • 10house-train — ► VERB chiefly Brit. ▪ train (a pet) to excrete outside the house …

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