Housebreak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To train to have excretory habits that are acceptable for indoor living: housebreak a puppy.
  • v. To subdue; tame.
  • n. Burglary of a dwelling: a neighborhood in which housebreaks are a common occurrence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to train a pet to live cleanly in a house, especially by training it to defecate and urinate in designated boxes.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
    • Verb Form
    housebreaking   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    train    prepare    develop    educate   
    Cross Reference
    domesticate    break    horse    subdue    e.g.   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    toilet-train   
     
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