hose
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
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hobbies
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Etymology: From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.
The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.
Inflected forms:
form: hoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hosen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hoses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hosing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hosed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hosed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: Theſe men were bound in their coates, their hoſen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were caſt into the midſt of the burning fierie furnace.
His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]
[T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest.
gloss: To water or spray with a hose.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.
gloss: To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
gloss: To deliver using a hose.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
gloss: To provide with hose (garment)
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed-
Nose and eyes only to the day exposed
gloss: To trick or deceive.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.
Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.
gloss: To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.
gloss: To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: air hose
boothose
garden hose
hosaphone
hosebag
hose barb
hosebeast
hose bridge
hose clamp
hose clip
hose-in-hose
hose jacket
hosel
hoseless
hoselike
hoseline
hoseman
hosemonkey
hosepipe
hose reel
hosereel
hose tower
hose-whip
hosier
husk
netherhose
panty hose
powder hose
radiator hose
rubber-hose
rubber hose
rubber-hose cryptanalysis
scupper hose
short hose
trash hose
trunkhose
underhose
up your nose with a rubber hose
warm hose
hose down
home and hosed
hose off
unhosed
Translations:
lang: German
word: jemanden angreifen und töten