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House

As noun, plural houses [hou-ziz] /ˈhaʊ zɪz/ (Show IPA)

a building in which people live; residence for human beings

a household

(often initial capital letter) a family, including ancestors and descendants:the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg

a building for any purpose:a house of worship

a theater, concert hall, or auditorium:a vaudeville house

the audience of a theater or the like

a place of shelter for an animal, bird, etc

the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets

(initial capital letter) the body itself, especially of a bicameral legislature:the House of Representatives

a quorum of such a body

(often initial capital letter) a commercial establishment; business firm:the House of Rothschild; a publishing house

a gambling casino

the management of a commercial establishment or of a gambling casino:rules of the house

an advisory or deliberative group, especially in church or college affairs

a college in an English-type university

a residential hall in a college or school; dormitory

the members or residents of any such residential hall

Informal

a brothel; whorehouse

British

a variety of lotto or bingo played with paper and pencil, especially by soldiers as a gambling game

Also called parish

Curling

the area enclosed by a circle or feet (

or

meters) in diameter at each end of the rink, having the tee in the center

Nautical

any enclosed shelter above the weather deck of a vessel:bridge house; deck house

Astrology

one of the divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the eastern horizon

As verb (used with object), housed [houzd] /haʊzd/ (Show IPA), housing [hou-zing] /ˈhaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA)

to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or living quarters:More than students were housed in the dormitory

to give shelter to; harbor; lodge:to house flood victims in schools

to provide with a place to work, study, or the like:This building houses our executive staff

to provide storage space for; be a receptacle for or repository of:The library houses , books

to remove from exposure; put in a safe place

Nautical

to stow securely

to lower (an upper mast) and make secure, as alongside the lower mast

to heave (an anchor) home

Carpentry

to fit the end or edge of (a board or the like) into a notch, hole, or groove

to form (a joint) between two pieces of wood by fitting the end or edge of one into a dado of the other

As verb (used without object), housed [houzd] /haʊzd/ (Show IPA), housing [hou-zing] /ˈhaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA)

to take shelter; dwell

As adjective

of, relating to, or noting a house

for or suitable for a house:house paint

of or being a product made by or for a specific retailer and often sold under the store's own label:You'll save money on the radio if you buy the house brand

served by a restaurant as its customary brand:the house wine

As Idioms

bring down the house, to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful:The children's performances brought down the house

clean house

clean (def )

dress the house, Theater

to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house

to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is

keep house, to maintain a home; manage a household

like a house on fire / afire, very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm:The new product took off like a house on fire

on the house, as a gift from the management; free:Tonight the drinks are on the house

put / set one's house in order, to settle one's affairs

to improve one's behavior or correct one's faults: It is easy to criticize others, but it would be better to put one's own house in order first

Design

As verb (used with object)

to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of:to design a new bridge

to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully

to intend for a definite purpose:a scholarship designed for foreign students

to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan:The prisoner designed an intricate escape

to assign in thought or intention; purpose:He designed to be a doctor

Obsolete

to mark out, as by a sign; indicate

As verb (used without object)

to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans

to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc

As noun

an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed

organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition

the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc

; the pattern or motif of artistic work:the design on a bracelet

the art of designing:a school of design

a plan or project:a design for a new process

a plot or intrigue, especially an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one:His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him

designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives:He had designs on his partner's stock

intention; purpose; end

adaptation of means to a preconceived end

Ideas

As noun

any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity

a thought, conception, or notion:That is an excellent idea

an impression:He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department

an opinion, view, or belief:His ideas on raising children are certainly strange

a plan of action; an intention:the idea of becoming an engineer

a groundless supposition; fantasy

Philosophy

a concept developed by the mind

a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal

(initial capital letter) Platonism

Also called form

an archetype or pattern of which the individual objects in any natural class are imperfect copies and from which they derive their being

Kantianism

idea of pure reason

Music

a theme, phrase, or figure

Obsolete

a likeness

a mental image

Floor

As noun

that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks

a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story

a level, supporting surface in any structure:the elevator floor

one of two or more layers of material composing a floor:rough floor; finish floor

a platform or prepared level area for a particular use:a threshing floor

the bottom of any more or less hollow place:the floor of a tunnel

a more or less flat extent of surface:the floor of the ocean

the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc

, where the members sit, and from which they speak

the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members:The senator from Alaska has the floor

the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc

:There are only two salesclerks on the floor

the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc

the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid:The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor

Mining

an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat

Nautical

the bottom of a hull

any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons

the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel

As verb (used with object)

to cover or furnish with a floor

to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down:He floored his opponent with one blow

to overwhelm; defeat

to confound or puzzle; nonplus:I was floored by the problem

Also, floorboard

to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power

As Idioms

mop / wipe the floor with, Informal

to overwhelm completely; defeat:He expected to mop the floor with his opponents

take the floor, to arise to address a meeting

Plans

As noun

a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc

, developed in advance:battle plans

a design or scheme of arrangement:an elaborate plan for seating guests

a specific project or definite purpose:plans for the future

Also called plan view

a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building

a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram:a plan of the dock area

(in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye

a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc

:a pension plan

As verb (used with object), planned, planning

to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding):to plan a new recreation center

to make plans for:to plan one's vacation

to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building

As verb (used without object), planned, planning

to make plans:to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement