house-trained
house-trained adjective: trained not to excrete indoors. Also the simple past and past participle of house-train.
Adjective
house-trained (not comparable)
- Trained not to excrete indoors.
- Exhibiting behavior and habits that are consistent with good housekeeping.
- But he did have the endearing habit of cleaning up after she cooked, and unlike other men of her acquaintance the dishes were actually clean when she went to get them out of the cupboard again. Johnny was house-trained, too.1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 112
- DeSantis picks cultural fights that are sometimes warranted but more often exhausting. Yet each man will seem at least house-trained compared with recent leaders of their party.2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times
Also used as
house-trained is also the simple past and past participle of house-train.
Synonyms of house-trained
Questions about house-trained
- What does house-trained mean?
- House-trained means trained not to excrete indoors.
- What part of speech is house-trained?
- House-trained is an adjective.
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