Sekirov Dictionary

hose

UK /həʊz/US /hoʊz/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 4
phrases 4

verb7

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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. — 1995
•
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. — 2003
•
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. — 2003
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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. — 1995
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.
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(slang) 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. — 2006
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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 — 1834

noun3

A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
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(historical) 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. — 1611

forms

hosed · hosing · hoses · hosen

Phrases with hose

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