House
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To keep within a structure or container. To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour. To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. To contain or cover mechanical parts. To steal, esp. one's intellectual property, such as ideas, music, etc.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A structure serving as an abode of human beings. The mode of living as if in a house. The usual place to find an object or an animal. A structure to protect or store something or someone. A protective structure on the deck of a ship. A theatre building, or the audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets. An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website. A company or organisation. A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House. One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. House music. The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice An early or alternative name for the game bingo. A complete set of numbers in bingo. An aggregate of characteristics of a house.
Example sentence: Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
Firm
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A business partnership; the name under which it trades.A business enterprise, however organized.A criminal gang
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: steadfast, secure, hard (in position)fixed (in opinion)solid, rigid (material state)
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make firm or strong; fix securely.To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.To become firm; stabilise.To improve after decline.Aust. To shorten (of betting odds).
Example sentence: The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.