hose

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-Germanic *husōn (cf. West Frisian hoas 'hose', Dutch hoos 'stocking, water-hose', German Hose 'trousers'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-s (cf. Tocharian A kać 'skin', Russian кишка (kiška) 'gut', Ancient Greek kýstis 'bladder', Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu- (“to cover”). More at sky.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /həʊz/, SAMPA: /h@Uz/

  Rhymes: -əʊz

• (US) IPA: /hoʊz/, SAMPA: /hoUz/

  Rhymes: -oʊz

• Homophone: hoes

Noun

hose (plural hoses or hose or hosen)

1. A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid, pl. hoses.
2. A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights, pl. hose or hosen.

Usage Notes

• (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose

Derived terms

• hose clamp
• hose clip

Translations

flexible tube

Czech: hadice (cs) f. Estonian: voolik (et), lõdvik (et) Finnish: letku (fi) French: tuyau (fr) German: Schlauch (de) m. Greek: λάστιχο (el) n. Italian: manichetta (it) f. Japanese: ホース (ja) (hōsu)

Macedonian: црево (mk) (crévo) n. Portuguese: mangueira (pt) f. Russian: шланг (ru) (šlang) m. Serbian: crevo (sr) n., црево (sr) n. Spanish: manguera (es) f. Swedish: vattenslang (sv) Telugu:  (te) (Gottamu)(గొట్టము) Turkish: hortum (tr)

stocking-like garment — see tights

Verb

hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)

1. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
   • 1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny^[1], ISBN 9780711209886, page 83:

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

2. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
   • 1834,, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume X, page 416: 

     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

3. (transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
   • 2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace^[2], Brassey's, ISBN 9781574886948, page 136:

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

4. (transitive) To trick or deceive.
   • 1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy^[3], The Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 9780889841499, page 458:

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

5. (transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
   • 2006,, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., ISSN 1522-4279, page 63: 

     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.

Translations

to water or spray with a hose

Finnish: ruiskuttaa (fi) Persian: شلنگ (fa)

Spanish: lavar con manguera (es)

to provide with hose

to attack and kill somebody

to trick or deceive

to break a computer

Derived terms

• hose down

Anagrams

• hoes
• shoe