"housetrain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: housetrains [present, singular, third-person], housetraining [participle, present], housetrained [participle, past], housetrained [past]
Etymology: house + train Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|train}} house + train Head templates: {{en-verb}} housetrain (third-person singular simple present housetrains, present participle housetraining, simple past and past participle housetrained)
  1. (transitive) To teach (a domestic pet) to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home. Tags: transitive Synonyms: housebreak [US], house train, house-train Related terms: house-trained [adjective]
    Sense id: en-housetrain-en-verb-Yd~AobGJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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