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housebreaks

housebreaks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of housebreak.

housebreaks is the plural of housebreak.

Meaning of housebreak

Verb

housebreak (third-person singular simple present housebreaks, present participle housebreaking, simple past housebroke, past participle housebroken)

  1. (US, transitive) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
  2. (US, intransitive) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.

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Questions about housebreaks

What is housebreaks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Housebreaks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of housebreak.

Words near housebreaks in the dictionary

  1. housebreak
  2. housebreaker
  3. housebreakers
  4. housebreaking
  5. housebreakings
  6. housebreaks
  7. housebroke
  8. housebroken
  9. housebuilder
  10. housebuilders
  11. housebuilding

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