a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
<noun.artifact> he has a house on Cape Cod she felt she had to get out of the house
the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
<noun.group> he worked for a brokerage house
the members of a religious community living together
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the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
<noun.group> the house applauded he counted the house
an official assembly having legislative powers
<noun.group> a bicameral legislature has two houses
aristocratic family line
<noun.group> the House of York
play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
<noun.act> the children were playing house
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
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the management of a gambling house or casino
<noun.group> the house gets a percentage of every bet
a social unit living together
<noun.group> he moved his family to Virginia It was a good Christian household I waited until the whole house was asleep the teacher asked how many people made up his home
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
<noun.artifact> the house was full
a building in which something is sheltered or located
<noun.artifact> they had a large carriage house [ verb ]
House \House\ (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard}, {Husband}, {Hussy}, {Husting}.] 1. A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
Houses are built to live in; not to look on. --Bacon.
Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away. --Shak.
2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
One that feared God with all his house. --Acts x. 2.
4. A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe; especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria; the house of Hanover; the house of Israel.
The last remaining pillar of their house, The one transmitter of their ancient name. --Tennyson.
5. One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See {Congress}, and {Parliament}.
6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.
8. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens, as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon, used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies, and casting horoscopes or nativities. The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon, and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, first house, or house of life, downward, or in the direction of the earth's revolution, the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-four hours.
9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
11. The body, as the habitation of the soul.
This mortal house I'll ruin, Do C[ae]sar what he can. --Shak.
12.
Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. ``The narrow house.'' --Bryant.
Note: House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds. The sense is usually obvious; as, house cricket, housemaid, house painter, housework.
{House ant} (Zo["o]l.), a very small, yellowish brown ant ({Myrmica molesta}), which often infests houses, and sometimes becomes a great pest.
{House of bishops} (Prot. Epis. Ch.), one of the two bodies composing a general convertion, the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.
{House boat}, a covered boat used as a dwelling.
{House of call}, a place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work, ready for the call of employers. [Eng.]
{To bring down the house}. See under {Bring}.
{To keep house}, to maintain an independent domestic establishment.
{To keep open house}, to entertain friends at all times.
Syn: Dwelling; residence; abode. See {Tenement}.
House \House\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Housed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Housing}.] [AS. h?sian.] 1. To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle.
At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young.
House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn.
2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak.
3. To admit to residence; to harbor.
Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney.
4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys.
5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.
House \House\, v. i. 1. To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
You shall not house with me. --Shak.
2. (Astrol.) To have a position in one of the houses. See {House}, n., 8. ``Where Saturn houses.'' --Dryden.
The single Independent in the upper house, Senator Brian Harradine, sided with the opposition. The legislation will now be referred back to the House of Representatives, which has already approved all eight budget bills.
The two-story frame farm house and the surrounding 25 acres in suburban Mount Pleasant had been slated for part of a residential development, but a citizens group known as Friends of Historic Snee Farm took title to the property over the weekend.
But Loc, who grew up in a two-story house on the affluent west side of Los Angeles and went to University High School and Santa Monica College, had to travel by bus to the city's tough south side to get his reputation.
The charges amount to "a house of cards delicately balanced on a series of unprecedented reinterpretations of House rules," they argued.
"We're going to put on (the witness stand) the girlfriend, the guy that sold him the gasoline, the two guys he talked to _ the neighbors _ at his house," McCarthy said.
Yet, even in these 'hot' spots, the level of radon can vary greatly between one house and its neighbour.
The bill passed the lower house of the Diet earlier this month, but the ruling Liberal Demoratic Party lacks a majority in the upper house and couldn't enlist sufficient opposition support for the measure.
The bill passed the lower house of the Diet earlier this month, but the ruling Liberal Demoratic Party lacks a majority in the upper house and couldn't enlist sufficient opposition support for the measure.
The en suite panelled bathroom had a free-standing bath and sociable chairs. This was our self-catering home for the weekend, the house once host to William III.
"And when I think that the proceeds from my house will help educate our lawyers, doctors and teachers of the future, that makes me feel good.
Dealers attributed the higher stock market start to dollar selling on a news report that Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party might lose an election for the powerful lower house of Parliament early next year.
Excavation began four years ago when a backhoe, clearing land for a house, uncovered a graveyard.
Sullivan assured panel members that he is putting the FDA's house in order, restructuring its management and adding resources in the wake of the generic drug fraud and corruption scandal.
But then I had to leave, and I made my way through the fighting until I was able to reach my mother's house." A Red Cross spokesman said many people were donating food to the refugees _ "as much as they can spare."
When Goodwin, the owner of Grandma's, counted up 50 job vacancies for this summer and only 12 applicants, he bought a $150,000 three-family home to house workers.
The Peranakan restaurant, serving nyonya food, is in an old Chinese house in Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lok.
Now, before elections for the more powerful lower house expected early next year, the new trials risk bringing out more damaging disclosures.
On Monday, prison officials will begin to house up to 90 inmates in dormitories that have been housing 50 inmates, Coughlin said.
The state accused the three men of setting off a car bomb with a remote control device outside a house owned by the African National Congress in Bulawayo on Jan. 12, killing an unemployed Zambian who helped with the attack.
They volunteered to let them search the car, their house, whatever," Anderson said.
Random House Chairman Robert Bernstein said he is resigning from the publishing house he has run for 23 years.
Mr. Kobayashi donated $100,000 each to the cities of New York and Los Angeles, explaining that the gifts reflected the Japanese custom of presenting a bowl of noodles to a neighbor when you move into a new house.
In the house, there is a staircase that is an architectural tour de force and the whole interior of the chapel is a decorative triumph. The recent history of Wardour has not been entirely happy.
At the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, where an influx of asylum applicants was expected, giant tents were pitched to house detainees and dozens of typewriters were shipped to process applications.
And like a sitcom, it has lots of chuckles, mostly arising around the house, as friends wander in and out.
Quayle was an outspoken opponent of legislation to ban the use of lie detectors in the workplace, and he complained when the White House dropped its opposition last March that it had "caved like a house of cards."
Mrs. Eggert, 34, has changed her name and taken refuge in a "safe house" for abused women.
First there was the smart house, then the smart car.
"Our firm has never done this before, but there has never been such a catastrophic art theft," said Diana D. Brooks, president of the Sotheby's auction house.
"It was the most heavily fortified rock house we've seen in a couple of years," said police spokesman Cmdr.