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housetraining

housetraining is the present participle and gerund of housetrain.

Meaning of housetrain

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.
    Synonyms:
    housebreak

Questions about housetraining

What is housetraining the present participle and gerund of?
Housetraining is the present participle and gerund of housetrain.

Words near housetraining in the dictionary

  1. houseth
  2. housetop
  3. housetops
  4. housetrain
  5. housetrained
  6. housetraining
  7. housetrains
  8. housetruck
  9. housetrucker
  10. housetruckers
  11. housetrucks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: housetraining (page history and authors); housetrain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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