hose down (English, verb)
expansion: hose down (third-person singular simple present hoses down, present participle hosing down, simple past and past participle hosed down)
Senses:
glosses: To spray thoroughly with a hose.
tags: transitive
glosses: To put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.
tags: transitive
glosses: To calm down a person, or a situation.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To have sex with (someone).
tags: slang
transitive
raw_tags: of a man
Forms:
form: hoses down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hosing down
tags: participle
present
form: hosed down
tags: participle
past
form: hosed down
tags: past