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paper-train

paper-train verb: to housetrain (a dog) by encouraging it to defecate on old newspapers or similar material placed in a designated spot within the home.

Verb

paper-train (third-person singular simple present paper-trains, present participle paper-training, simple past and past participle paper-trained)

  1. (transitive) To housetrain (a dog) by encouraging it to defecate on old newspapers or similar material placed in a designated spot within the home.

Forms of paper-train

third-person singular presentpaper-trains
present participlepaper-training
past participlepaper-trained
pastpaper-trained

Questions about paper-train

What does paper-train mean?
Paper-train means to housetrain (a dog) by encouraging it to defecate on old newspapers or similar material placed in a designated spot within the home.
What part of speech is paper-train?
Paper-train is a verb.
What is the past tense of paper-train?
The past tense of paper-train is paper-trained.

Words near paper-train in the dictionary

  1. paper-thickness
  2. paper-thin
  3. paper-thinness
  4. paper-trail
  5. paper-trails
  6. paper-train
  7. paper-trained
  8. paper-training
  9. paper-trains
  10. paper-view
  11. paper-weight

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