hose
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
A stocking-like garment worn on the legs
A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
- 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.
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To water or spray with a hose.
- Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.
To spray as if with a hose
To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
- His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
To deliver using a hose.
- He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
To provide with hose (garment)
- 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
To trick or deceive.
- 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.
To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
- 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.
To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating
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.
A surname.
A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS…
A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7329).
The neighborhood
Derived
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 · +3 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA