hose

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See also:Hose,hōse,hőse,hó- sắc,andHô-se

English

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A US naval officer using afire hose
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishhose(“leggings, hose”),fromOld Englishhose,hosa(“hose, leggings”),fromProto-West Germanic*hosā,fromProto-Germanic*husǭ(“coverings, leggings, trousers”),fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-(“to cover”).

Cognates:
CompareWest Frisianhoas(“hose”),Dutchhoos(“stocking, water-hose”),GermanHose(“trousers”).CompareTocharian Akać(“skin”),Russianкишка́(kišká,“gut”),Ancient Greekκύστις(kústis,“bladder”),Sanskritकोष्ठ(koṣṭha,“intestine”).More atsky.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hose(countableanduncountable,pluralhosesorhosen)

  1. (countable)Aflexibletubeconveying water or other fluid.
  2. (uncountable)Astocking-like garment worn on the legs;pantyhose,women'stights.
  3. (obsolete)Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

Usage notes

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  • (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by adoublet.By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments,stockenandbreeches.Since the 1920s, hose refers mostly to women'sstockingsorpantyhose.

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Verb

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hose(third-person singular simple presenthoses,present participlehosing,simple past and past participlehosed)

  1. (transitive)Towaterorspraywith a hose.
    • 1995,Vivian Russell,Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny‎[1],→ISBN,page83:
      Only days before the garden opens, the concrete ishoseddown with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.
  2. (transitive)To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
    • 2003,John R. Bruning,Jungle ace‎[2],Brassey's,→ISBN,page136:
      His gunshoseddown the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
  3. (transitive)Todeliverusing a hose.
    • 2003,Tony Hillerman,The Sinister Pig,→ISBN,page57:
      He had just finishedhosinggasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
  4. (transitive)To provide with hose(garment)
    • 1834July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, inFraser's magazine for town and country‎[3],volume X, page416:
      The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
      Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
      The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, andhosed-
      Nose and eyes only to the day exposed
  5. (transitive)To trick or deceive.
    • 1995,Keath Fraser,Popular anatomy‎[4],The Porcupine's Quill,→ISBN,page458:
      Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, nothosedhim.
    • 2023September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, inSlate‎[5],archived fromthe originalon9 September 2023:
      Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've beenhosed.
  6. (transitive,computing,slang)To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
    • 2006Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, inMaximum PC‎[6],Future US, Inc.,→ISSN,page63:
      There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry abouthosingthe registry for all eternity.
  7. (transitive,sports)To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poorofficiating;especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englishhose,hosa,hosu,fromProto-West Germanic*hosā.CompareGermanHose.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈhɔːz(ə)/,/ˈhɒːz(ə)/

Noun

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hose(pluralhosenorhoseor(rare)hoses)

  1. Stockingsortights(often worn by men in the ME period).
  2. (in theplural)pants,trousers;hose.
  3. Armourorprotectionfor the legs; armouredlegwear.
  4. (rare)Thebendableoutercasingof grains.
  5. (rare)Abendabletube for liquids; ahose.
  6. (rare)Abendabletube acting as atrap.
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Descendants
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  • English:hose
  • Scots:hose,hoe
References
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Etymology 2

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Fromhose(noun).

Verb

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hose

  1. Alternative form ofhosen

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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hose

  1. Alternative form ofhos(“hoarse”)

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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hose

  1. inflection ofhos(“hoarse”):
    1. weaksingular
    2. strong/weakplural

Etymology 5

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Pronoun

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hose

  1. Alternative form ofwhos(“whose”,genitive)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsehosa,fromProto-Germanic*husǭ.

Noun

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hosef(definite singularhosa,indefinite pluralhoser,definite pluralhosene)

  1. (clothing)stocking
  2. (clothing)(dialectal)asock

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*hosā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hosef

  1. pant leg,stocking
  2. (in theplural)pants,trousers;seehosan

Declension

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Declension ofhose(weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hose hosan
accusative hosan hosan
genitive hosan hosena
dative hosan hosum

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