A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. / Any canine animal. / (by extension) Someone who seeks something.

(transitive) To persistently harass. / (transitive) To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.

(nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on; foretop

(plural "housewives") A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.

Alternative form of housewive

(dated) A doll's house.

The owner of a house. / The head of a household. / (Buddhism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati.

present participle of house

(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. / (uncountable) Residences, collectively. / (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.

Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment. / (obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.