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house-train
[ hous-treyn ]
/ ˈhaʊsˌtreɪn /
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verb (used with object) British.
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Origin of house-train
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby house-train
house style,
house surgeon,
house-to-house,
housetop,
house trailer,
house-train,
house-trained,
House Un-American Activities Committee,
housewares,
housewarming,
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Words related to house-train
conquer,
curb,
pacify,
restrain,
soften,
subdue,
suppress,
temper,
vanquish,
break,
bridle,
bust,
check,
discipline,
domiciliate,
enslave,
gentle,
housebreak,
humble,
mitigate How to use house-train in a sentence
This Congress will welcome more women than ever before at 19 percent of the House and 20 percent of the Senate.
Even internally in the House, women are not getting their fair shake.
He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
Even the arguably more democratic House is only at 10 percent black members.
While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
British Dictionary definitions for house-train
verb
(tr) British to train (pets) to urinate and defecate outside the house or in a special place, such as a litter tray
Derived forms of house-train
house-trained, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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