Meaning

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
2. (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
3. (historical) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
4. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
5. (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
6. (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
7. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
8. (transitive) To trick or deceive.

Example Sentences

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.

Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.

His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.

He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.

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

Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.

Word Forms

• hoses
• hosen
• hosing
• hosed

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When Should You Use Hose?

Use hose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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