Definitions for Hose

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Hose hose

Spelling: [hohz]

IPA: /hoʊz/

Hose is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Hose (ehos).

Definitions for Hose

noun

1. a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
2. (used with a plural verb) an article of clothing for the foot and lower part of the leg; stocking or sock.
3. an article of clothing for the leg, extending from about the knee to the ankle and worn with knee breeches. (used with a plural verb) knee breeches. (used with a plural verb) tights, as were worn with, and usually attached to, a doublet.
4. British Dialect. a sheath, or sheathing part, as that enclosing a kernel of grain.
5. Golf. hosel.

verb (used with object)

1. to water, wash, spray, or drench by means of a hose (often followed by down):
2. Slang. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of. to defeat decisively. to reject. Chiefly Military. to attack or assault (an area) in order to gain control quickly (sometimes followed by down).

Origin of Hose

before 1100; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch hoos, Old Norse hosa, German Hose; (v.) Middle English: to provide with hose, derivative of the noun

Examples for Hose

The reply came: "No shooting allowed in Park; use the hose."

After the sweep for junk and once good water pressure has been established, the hose is connected to the engine.

I sucked on the hose that he handed me and was instantly really high.

The hose is of heavy duck, sometimes double, sewn by machine.

The piece which the mastiff had torn from his hose did not discourage Boxtel.

She turned the hose on the car and washed the dust from it carefully.

I shouted scornfully, as they started to play the hose on her.

The seawater was higher than the fire hydrants, and the firefighters had to duck down into it to connect the hose.

The Nozzle-man opens the mouth of the hose, releasing its stream while the Backup-man braces the weight.

We put a hose in her mouth so she could breath water, to keep her healthy and strong before we released her.