The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Houses are built to live in; not to look on.
                                                  --Bacon.
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            Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench
            Are from their hives and houses driven away. --Shak.
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   2. Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the
      phrase to keep house. See below.
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   3. Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
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            One that feared God with all his house. --Acts x. 2.
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   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.
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            The last remaining pillar of their house,
            The one transmitter of their ancient name.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   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.
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   6. (Com.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
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   7. A public house; an inn; a hotel.
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   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.
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   9. A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of
      a piece.
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   10. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as at a lecture, a
       theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full house.
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   11. The body, as the habitation of the soul.
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             This mortal house I'll ruin,
             Do C[ae]sar what he can.             --Shak.
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   12.

   Usage: [With an adj., as narrow, dark, etc.] The grave. "The
          narrow house." --Bryant.
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   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.
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   House ant (Zool.), 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young.
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            House your choicest carnations, or rather set them
            under a penthouse.                    --Evelyn.
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   2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak.
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   3. To admit to residence; to harbor.
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            Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir
                                                  P. Sidney.
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   4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys.
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   5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make
      safe; as, to house the upper spars.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

House \House\, v. i.
   1. To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
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            You shall not house with me.          --Shak.
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   2. (Astrol.) To have a position in one of the houses. See
      House, n., 8. "Where Saturn houses." --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

house
    n 1: 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"
    2: the members of a business organization that owns or operates
       one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
       [syn: firm, house, business firm]
    3: the members of a religious community living together
    4: the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the
       house applauded"; "he counted the house"
    5: an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral
       legislature has two houses"
    6: aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
    7: play in which children take the roles of father or mother or
       children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children
       were playing house"
    8: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is
       divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign,
       mansion, house, planetary house]
    9: the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets
       a percentage of every bet"
    10: 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" [syn: family, household,
        house, home, menage]
    11: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture
        shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn:
        theater, theatre, house]
    12: a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they
        had a large carriage house"
    v 1: contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
    2: provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new
       development outside the town" [syn: house, put up,
       domiciliate]

The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

HOUSE, n.  A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat,
mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe.
_House of Correction_, a place of reward for political and personal
service, and for the detention of offenders and appropriations.
_House of God_, a building with a steeple and a mortgage on it.
_House-dog_, a pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult
persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor.  _House-maid_, a
youngerly person of the opposing sex employed to be variously
disagreeable and ingeniously unclean in the station in which it has
pleased God to place her.