housebreak

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, domesticize, drill, establish, exercise, familiarize, fetch up, fit, fix, form, foster, gentle, groom, habituate, harden, house-train, improve, inure, knock over, lick into shape, naturalize, nurse, nurture, orient, orientate, practice, prepare, put in tune, put to school, raise, ransack, ready, rear, rehearse, rifle, rob, season, send to school, take in hand, tame, train, wont

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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 — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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 — 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

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