hose

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Singular
hose

Plural
hoses or hose or hosen

hose (plural hoses or hose or hosen)

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

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Infinitive
to hose

Third person singular
hoses

Simple past
hosed

Past participle
hosed

Present participle
hosing

to 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.
  2. (transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
  3. (transitive) To trick or deceive.
  4. (transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

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