- housebreak
- transitive verb (housebroke; housebroken; -breaking) Etymology: back-formation from housebroken Date: 1938 1. to make housebroken 2. a. to teach acceptable social manners to b. tame, subdue
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housebreak — house break v. t. to train a pet to live cleanly in a house, especially by training it to defecate and urinate in designated boxes. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
housebreak — (v.) 1820, to break into a house criminally; see HOUSE (Cf. house) (n.) + BREAK (Cf. break) (v.). Perhaps a back formation from housebreaker, attested from mid 14c. Sense of to train a domestic animal to be clean in the house is from 1881.… … Etymology dictionary
housebreak — [hous′brāk΄] vt. housebroke, housebroken, housebreaking [back form. < HOUSEBROKEN] to cause to be housebroken … English World dictionary
Housebreak Hotel — Infobox Television episode Title = Housebreak Hotel Series = Garfield and Friends Caption = Season = 2 Episode = 102 Airdate = December 2, 1989 [ [http://www.povonline.com/Garf%20Episodes.htm Garfield Friends Episode Guide ] ] Production = G034 C … Wikipedia
housebreak — /hows brayk /, v.t., housebroke, housebroken, housebreaking. to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place. [1895 1900; HOUSE + BREAK] * * * … Universalium
housebreak — verb To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle. Syn: toilet train See Also: housebreaker, housebreaking … Wiktionary
housebreak — house·break hau̇s .brāk vt, broke .brōk; bro·ken .brō kən; break·ing to make housebroken … Medical dictionary
housebreak — Synonyms and related words: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, apprentice, break, break in, break to harness, breed, bring up, bust, case harden, condition, confirm, cultivate, develop, discipline, domesticate,… … Moby Thesaurus
housebreak — v. teach a domestic animal to urinate and defecate outdoors … English contemporary dictionary
housebreak — verb N. Amer. another term for house train … English new terms dictionary
