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housebreak
house·break H0297000 (hous′brāk′)tr.v. house·broke (-brōk′), house·bro·ken (-brō′kən), house·break·ing, house·breaks 1. To train (a dog) to urinate and defecate outdoors and not indoors.2. To subdue; tame: "Who better to domesticate him than the most genteel woman in the world? What better to housebreak him than the dinner parties for his friends?" (Philip Roth).n. The breaking and entering or burglary of a dwelling.housebreak (ˈhaʊsˌbreɪk) vb (Law) (intr) to break into a house with criminal intentn (Law) the burglary of a domestic propertyhouse•break (ˈhaʊsˌbreɪk)
v.t. -broke, -bro•ken, -break•ing. to make house-broken. [1895–1900] Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | housebreak - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a househouse-traintrain, educate, prepare, develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" |
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Synonyms for housebreakverb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a houseSynonymsRelated Words- train
- educate
- prepare
- develop
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