ware·house (wâr?hous?)n.1. A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.2. A large, usually wholesale shop.tr.v. (also -houz?) ware·housed, ware·hous·ing, ware·hous·es 1. To place or store in a warehouse, especially in a bonded or government warehouse.2. To institutionalize (a person) in usually deficient housing and in conditions in which medical, educational, psychiatric, and social services are below par or absent: “has felt forced to warehouse hundreds of children in temporary shelters” (Justine Wise Polier).ware?hous?er (-hou?z?r) n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.warehouse n 1. (Commerce) a place where goods are stored prior to their use, distribution, or sale 2. (Commerce) See bonded warehouse 3. (Commerce) chiefly Brit a large commercial, esp wholesale, establishment vb (Commerce) (tr) to store or place in a warehouse, esp a bonded warehouse Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ware?house (n. ?w??r?ha?s; v. -?ha?z, -?ha?s) n., pl. -hous?es (-?ha? z?z) v. -housed, -hous?ing. n. 1. a building for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc. 2. any large and usu. public custodial institution for the confinement of the mentally ill, the aged, etc. v.t. 3. to place, deposit, or store in a warehouse. 4. to set aside or accumulate, as for future use. 5. to place in a government or bonded warehouse, to be kept until duties are paid. 6. to confine (the mentally ill, the aged, etc.) in large custodial institutions. 7. (of a landlord) to keep (an apartment) vacant prior to a conversion to cooperative or condominium so as to bring a higher price from a nonresident. [1300?50] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.warehousePast participle: warehousedGerund: warehousingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativewarehousewarehousePresentI warehouseyou warehousehe/she/it warehouseswe warehouseyou warehousethey warehousePreteriteI warehousedyou warehousedhe/she/it warehousedwe warehousedyou warehousedthey warehousedPresent ContinuousI am warehousingyou are warehousinghe/she/it is warehousingwe are warehousingyou are warehousingthey are warehousingPresent PerfectI have warehousedyou have warehousedhe/she/it has warehousedwe have warehousedyou have warehousedthey have warehousedPast ContinuousI was warehousingyou were warehousinghe/she/it was warehousingwe were warehousingyou were warehousingthey were warehousingPast PerfectI had warehousedyou had warehousedhe/she/it had warehousedwe had warehousedyou had warehousedthey had warehousedFutureI will warehouseyou will warehousehe/she/it will warehousewe will warehouseyou will warehousethey will warehouseFuture PerfectI will have warehousedyou will have warehousedhe/she/it will have warehousedwe will have warehousedyou will have warehousedthey will have warehousedFuture ContinuousI will be warehousingyou will be warehousinghe/she/it will be warehousingwe will be warehousingyou will be warehousingthey will be warehousingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been warehousingyou have been warehousinghe/she/it has been warehousingwe have been warehousingyou have been warehousingthey have been warehousingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been warehousingyou will have been warehousinghe/she/it will have been warehousingwe will have been warehousingyou will have been warehousingthey will have been warehousingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been warehousingyou had been warehousinghe/she/it had been warehousingwe had been warehousingyou had been warehousingthey had been warehousingConditionalI would warehouseyou would warehousehe/she/it would warehousewe would warehouseyou would warehousethey would warehousePast ConditionalI would have warehousedyou would have warehousedhe/she/it would have warehousedwe would have warehousedyou would have warehousedthey would have warehousedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011