# housed

Pronunciation: US say "HOWZD" /haʊzd/; UK

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of house. — simple past and past participle of house
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of house. Use this form for something that happened before now.
   - _The old factory housed several small workshops for decades._
   - _Refugees were housed in temporary camps near the border._

## Adjective

2. Enclosed within, provided with, or covered by a house or other protective structure.
   - Simple: Kept inside or covered by a building, case, or shelter.
   - _The newly housed tenants finally had heat and running water._
   - _Livestock kept housed through winter fared far better than those left in the open._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/housed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).