Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To keep within a structure or container.

    The car is housed in the garage.

    вмеща́тьvmeščátʹ

  2. (transitive)To admit to residence; to harbor.

    unterbringen, beherbergen

    помеща́тьpomeščátʹ, сели́тьselítʹ

  3. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.

  4. (transitive)To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.

  5. (transitive)To contain or cover mechanical parts.

    contain or cover

  6. (transitive)To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.

    The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.

  7. To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.

    to house the upper spars

  8. (Canada, US, slang, transitive)To eat; especially, to scarf down.

  9. (obsolete)To drive to a shelter.

  10. (obsolete)To deposit and cover, as in the grave.

Examples

14876 sentences
  1. Please wait outside of the house.

    Зачекай надворі, будь ласка. — deniko

  2. Which house did you live in?

    У якому будинку ти жив? — deniko

    ruВ каком доме ты жила? — afyodor

    deIn welchem Haus hast du gewohnt? — Dejo

  3. The house is made of stone.

    Будинок побудований з каменю. — quez

    ruДом построен из камня. — odexed

    deDas Haus ist aus Stein gebaut. — mayabe

  4. The house was destroyed by fire.

    Будинок був зруйнований вогнем. — uaspeaker

    ruДом был разрушен огнём. — katjka

    deDas Haus wurde durch Feuer zerstört. — Grim_fandango

  5. This house has a solid foundation.

    Цей будинок має міцний фундамент. — ChickenKiev

    ruУ этого дома прочный фундамент. — sharptoothed

    deDieses Haus steht auf festem Grund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
keep within a structure or container:
admit to residence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
admit to residence:

Origin

From Middle English housen, from Old English hūsian, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną (“to hous

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”).

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Forms

houses, housing, housed, housed
Base formhouse · to house
3rd person singularhouses
Present participlehousing
Past simplehoused
Past participlehoused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhouse
he, she, ithouses

Past simpleLesson

all personshoused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave housed
he, she, ithas housed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill house

Synonyms

8 synonyms
keep within a structure or container:storeB2
contain or enclose mechanical parts:encloseB1
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • buy a house
  • in the house
  • house on park
  • sell his house
  • a house in
  • my house is
  • clean the house
  • leave the house
  • new house
  • have a house
  • a new house
  • of the house

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
house — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto