house
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hous
ipa: /haʊs/
ipa: /hʌʊs/
ipa: /huːs/
ipa: /hæʊs/
ipa: /haʊs/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /hæʊs/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /hɛʊs/
ipa: /hɐʏs/
ipa: /hɛʉs/
ipa: /hɐʊs/
ipa: /hʌʊs/
rhymes: -aʊs
enpr: houz
ipa: /haʊz/
rhymes: -aʊs
rhymes: -aʊz
homophone: how's
enpr: hous
ipa: /haʊs/
ipa: /hʌʊs/
ipa: /huːs/
ipa: /hæʊs/
ipa: /haʊs/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /hæʊs/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /hɛʊs/
ipa: /hɐʏs/
ipa: /hɛʉs/
ipa: /hɐʊs/
ipa: /hʌʊs/
rhymes: -aʊs
Forms: form: houses
form: housing
form: housed
form: housed
Etymology: From Middle English housen, from Old English hūsian, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną (“to house, live, dwell”), from the noun (see above). Compare Dutch huizen (“to live, dwell, reside”), German Low German husen (“to live, dwell, reside”), German hausen (“to live, dwell, reside”), Norwegian Nynorsk husa (“to house”), Faroese húsa (“to house”), Icelandic húsa (“to shelter, house”).
Senses: examples: text: The car is housed in the garage.
text: Houſe your choiceſt Carnations, or rather ſet them under a Pent-houſe againſt a South-wall, ſo as a covering being thrown over them to preſerve them in extremity of weather, they may yet enjoy the freer air at all other times.
ref: 1669, John Evelyn, “Kalendarium Hortense: OrThe Gard’ners Almanac; […] [November.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, page 29:
text: Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646:
glosses: To keep within a structure or container.
examples: text: Palladius wished him [...] to house all the Helots.
ref: c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The First Booke] Chapter 1”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC, folio 41, recto:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
glosses: To admit to residence; to harbor.
examples: text: You shall not house with me.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
text: The federation yesterday vowed to occupy Uotsuri, one of the islands, and build a permanent structure to house six members.
ref: 1996 October 5, Robert Whymant, “Tokyo tries to calm islands row”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 15, column 2:
glosses: To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
examples: text: Where Saturn houses.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
glosses: To contain or cover mechanical parts.
examples: text: The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.
glosses: To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
examples: text: Euen now we hous'd him in the Abbey heere
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To drive to a shelter.
examples: text: Oh! can your counsel his despair defer , Who now is housed in his sepulchre
ref: 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC:
glosses: To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
examples: text: to house the upper spars
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
examples: text: All you wanna do is drink a fifth, house a lasagna, and hide in a dumpster until that baby stops crying.
ref: 2019, Joe Lawson, Shameless (series 10, episode 4, "A Little Gallagher Goes a Long Way")
glosses: To eat; especially, to scarf down.
Synonyms: sense: keep within a structure or container
word: store
sense: admit to residence
word: accommodate
sense: admit to residence
word: harbor
sense: admit to residence
word: harbour
sense: admit to residence
word: host
sense: admit to residence
word: put up
sense: contain or enclose mechanical parts
word: enclose
Derived terms: housable
unhousable