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housebreak en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/

Etymology

From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of housebreaking.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
housebreaks Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

break · subdue · domesticate

Synonyms

housebreaking

housebreak en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/

Etymology

From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

Meanings

  1. (US, transitive) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
  2. (US, intransitive) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.

Forms

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housebroken Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
housebreaking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
housebreaks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
housebroke Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

housebreaking · housebreaker

Synonyms

housetrain (train an animal) · toilet-train (train an animal)

Translations (2)

pt domesticar (train an animal to avoid urinating in the house) · hu szobatisztaságra szoktat (train an animal to avoid urinating in the house)