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Noun

S: (n) house (house%1:06:00::) (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families) "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
S: (n) firm (firm%1:14:00::), house (house%1:14:01::), business firm (business_firm%1:14:00::) (the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments) "he worked for a brokerage house"
S: (n) house (house%1:14:04::) (the members of a religious community living together)
S: (n) house (house%1:14:03::) (the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema) "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"
S: (n) house (house%1:14:02::) (an official assembly having legislative powers) "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
S: (n) house (house%1:14:00::) (aristocratic family line) "the House of York"
S: (n) house (house%1:04:00::) (play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults) "the children were playing house"
S: (n) sign of the zodiac (sign_of_the_zodiac%1:15:00::), star sign (star_sign%1:15:00::), sign (sign%1:15:00::), mansion (mansion%1:15:00::), house (house%1:15:00::), planetary house (planetary_house%1:15:00::) ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
S: (n) house (house%1:14:06::) (the management of a gambling house or casino) "the house gets a percentage of every bet"
S: (n) family (family%1:14:02::), household (household%1:14:00::), house (house%1:14:05::), home (home%1:14:00::), menage (menage%1:14:00::) (a social unit living together) "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"; "the family refused to accept his will"
S: (n) theater (theater%1:06:00::), theatre (theatre%1:06:00::), house (house%1:06:02::) (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented) "the house was full"
S: (n) house (house%1:06:01::) (a building in which something is sheltered or located) "they had a large carriage house"

Verb

S: (v) house (house%2:42:02::) (contain or cover) "This box houses the gears"
S: (v) house (house%2:41:00::), put up (put_up%2:41:00::), domiciliate (domiciliate%2:41:00::) (provide housing for) "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"