Housebroken (House-Trained ) : (고양이/개 등이) 집에 길들여진, 똥오줌 가리는 훈련이된, (사람이)온순한, 길들여진
Housebreak (housetrain): (고양이/개 등이) 대소변을 가리도록 길들이다, (사람)순응하도록 길들이다, (주거침입) 침입하여 강도질하다
Housebreaker : 침입강도, 가택침입자, 가옥해체업자
Housereaking (Burglary) : 주거침입죄, 절도죄, 빈집털이
to housebreak as a verb
housebroken as an adjective
but be careful with the housebreak as a verb because it has two completely different meanings
1)
housebroken
you can housebreak an animal, which is your dog housebroken
it is able to urinate and excrete in a designated place or does it peel over the carpet
once an animal is housebroken then it's much better and much easier too have it as a pet
is your pet house-trained?
to housetrain, house-trained, you could also use this for people as well
you housetrain your animal, you housebreak an animal
to domesticate
to tame
to subdue
2)
we can alsl use this phrase
to housebreak, meaning to teach somebody acceptable social manners
so with the dog or the pet you are teaching it where to pee
you can housebreak a person
her new boyfriend was rather rough and ready and it took us some time to housebreak him to teach him what was acceptable to tame to subdue somebody
is your husband housebroken?, we would use this as a joke
3)
to housebreak, housebreaking
to break into people's houses in oder to steal things
housebreaking burglary
a housebreaker, who is a burglary
to break in and rob a place
housebreaks are on the increase
housebreakings have dropped
a burglar, housebreaker, house break-in
Formality : 5 (for animal)
Formality : 4 (for husband for joke)
Formality : 5 (for a housebreaker, this is much American)
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