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Definition of 'hose' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hose
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
a garden hose.

2.  hose
(used with a pl. v.) an article of clothing, or a pair of such articles, for the foot and some part of the leg; stocking or sock.

3.  hose
(used with a pl. v.)

4.  hose
men's tights, as were worn with and usu. attached to a doublet.

5. (v.t.) hose
to water, wash, spray, or drench by means of a hose (often fol. by down).

Etymology:  (bef. 1100; ME; late OE hosa, c. OS, OHG, ON hosa)

Definition of 'hose' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hosiery, hose
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

2. (noun) hose
man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet

3. (verb) hose, hosepipe
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

4. (verb) hose, hose down
water with a hose
"hose the lawn"


Definition of 'hose' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) hose
a long tube through which water flows
a garden hose; the firefighters' hose


Definition of 'hose' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hose
close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee

2. (noun) hose
covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings

3. (noun) hose
a flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine

4.  hose
of Hose


Definitions of 'hose' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  hose
1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. “That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system.” See hosed.

2. n. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks.

3. n. Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called bit hose or hosery (play on ‘hosiery’) or ‘etherhose’. See also washing machine.


Translation of 'hose' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (alsoˈhosepipe) a rubber, plastic etc tube which bends and which is used to carry water etc
a garden hose; a fireman's hose.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tuinslang, brandslang Arabic flag Arabic: خُرْطوم الماء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: маркуч
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mangueira Czech flag Czech: hadice German flag German: der Schlauch
Danish flag Danish: slange; -slange Greek flag Greek: μάνικα, λάστιχο Spanish flag Spanish: manguera
Estonian flag Estonian: voolik Farsi flag Farsi: شلنگ Finnish flag Finnish: letku
French flag French: buyau (d'arrosage); lance Hebrew flag Hebrew: צִינוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: रबड़ या प्लास्टिक की नली
Croatian flag Croatian: cijev (za polijevanje) Hungarian flag Hungarian: (gumi)tömlő Indonesian flag Indonesian: slang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: slanga Italian flag Italian: tubo; manica Japanese flag Japanese: ホース
Korean flag Korean: 호스 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žarna Latvian flag Latvian: šļūtene
Malay flag Malay: hos Dutch flag Dutch: waterslang Norwegian flag Norwegian: slange
Polish flag Polish: wąż Persian flag Persian: شلنگ Pashto flag Pashto: اوږدی جربی، ربړی یا پلاست
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mangueira Romanian flag Romanian: furtun; tu­lum­bă Russian flag Russian: шланг
Slovak flag Slovak: hadica Slovenian flag Slovenian: gumijasta cev Serbian flag Serbian: crevo
Swedish flag Swedish: slang Thai flag Thai: สายยาง Turkish flag Turkish: hortum, su borusu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 軟管 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рукав, шланг Urdu flag Urdu: پانی کی نرم لچکدار نلکی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ống vòi Chinese flag Chinese: 软管

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