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| house [ howss ] |
noun (plural hous·es [ hówzəz, hówssəz ]) |
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1. dwelling: a building made for people to live in, especially one built for a single family of occupants
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2. occupants of house: all of the people who are in a house at one time, particularly the people who usually live there
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3. building for animals: a building where animals are kept, especially in a zoo
  the monkey house
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4. place of entertainment: a place where members of the public pay for food, drink, or other entertainment, e.g. a restaurant or club
the specialty of the house
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5. theater: a theater, especially the auditorium
played to a full house
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6. theater audience: the audience at a theater
The dancers performed to an appreciative house.
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7. gambling casino: a gambling casino, or the people who manage it
The odds always favor the house.
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8. business operation: a company or a corporation creating or selling a particular product
a publishing house
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9. college or university residence hall: a residential college, or a residence hall within a university
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10. legislative group: a legislative group in a government, or the place where it meets
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11. family line: a family line, including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal family
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dated
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Same as brothel
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13. division of zodiac: in astrology, one of the 12 divisions of the zodiac
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14. zodiac sign where planet lies: in astrology, the sign of the zodiac in which a planet is found at a specific time
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15. curling target: in curling, an area of concentric circles marked at each end of an ice rink, with the target in its center
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16. regional agriculture pile of vegetables: a heap of vegetables, usually potatoes, covered with earth and mulch and sometimes stored in a shed
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17. fast dance music: a style of dance music first developed by adding electronic beats to disco records, and later characterized by the addition of repetitive vocals, extracts from other recordings, or synthesized sounds
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transitive verb (past and past participle housed, present participle hous·ing, 3rd person present singular hous·es) |
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1. give somebody somewhere to live: to provide somebody with a place to live
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2. contain something: to contain, keep, or store something
a shed that houses our lawn mowers
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3. put something away safely on boat: in sailing, to safely stow something such as oars or an anchor
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| [ Old English hūs< Germanic] |
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bring the house down to provoke a great deal of laughter or applause
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like a house on fire very quickly, successfully, or strongly
They got along like a house on fire.
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on the house given free by somebody who would normally charge
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play house to take part in a children's game of pretending to be a family, with children playing the roles of both adults and children (informal)
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put your house in order to organize your life, work, or other enterprise properly
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safe as houses U.K. completely safe and secure
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