What part of speech is housebroken?

Housebroken can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. housebroken is a verb, past participle of housebreak (infinitive).
  • 2. housebroken is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more housebroken
    most housebroken
  • Positive: housebroken 
  • Comparative: more housebroken
  • Superlative: most housebroken

What does housebroken mean?

Definitions

Adjective

housebroken - (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; "housebroken pets"; "`house-trained' is chiefly British"

Verb

housebreak - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house

Examples of housebroken

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Housebroken pets.
2. adj. Our cat is housebroken.
3. adj. Tom is a housebroken cat.
4. adj. Tom's dog isn't yet housebroken.
5. adj. My dog isn't yet housebroken.
6. adj. Almost any dog can be housebroken.
7. adj. Tom says that his dog is housebroken.
8. adj. Tom says his dog is housebroken.
9. verb My dog isn't housebroken yet.
10. verb It took me a lot less time to housebreak my German shepherd than it took to housebreak my other dog.
11. verb How long did it take you to housebreak your dog?
12. verb It took me a lot less time to housebreak my German shepherd than it took to housebreak my other dog.
13. verb How long did it take you to housebreak your dog?
Sentence  
adj.
Housebroken pets.
Our cat is housebroken.
Tom is a housebroken cat.
Tom's dog isn't yet housebroken.
My dog isn't yet housebroken.
Almost any dog can be housebroken.
Tom says that his dog is housebroken.
Tom says his dog is housebroken.
verb
My dog isn't housebroken yet.
It took me a lot less time to housebreak my German shepherd than it took to housebreak my other dog.
How long did it take you to housebreak your dog?
It took me a lot less time to housebreak my German shepherd than it took to housebreak my other dog.
How long did it take you to housebreak your dog?

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