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housebreak

 

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Verb housebreak has 1 sense
  1. housebreak - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
    --1 is one way to
    train, develop, prepare, educate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something

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Term: housebreak

Noun:

Action or process of training a domestic animal, especially a dog, to urinate and defecate outside the house.

Example sentence: The housebreak of my new puppy took some time, but eventually he learned to use the backyard.

Verb (transitive):

To train a domestic animal, especially a dog, to urinate and defecate outside the house.

Example sentence: It is important to housebreak your puppy at an early age so they learn good bathroom habits.

Verb (intransitive):

To undergo the process of being trained to urinate and defecate outside the house.

Example sentence: The new dog quickly learned to housebreak and became a well-behaved member of our family.

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