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English[edit]
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bose (third-person singular simple present boses, present participle bosing, simple past and past participle bosed)
- (usually archaeology) To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.
- 1974, Martin Jim Aitken, Physics and archaeology:
- This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, […] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.
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Fijian[edit]
Noun[edit]
bose
Lindu[edit]
Noun[edit]
bose
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (noun):
- bosa (verb, a- and split infinitives)
Etymology[edit]
From the noun bos n.
Noun[edit]
bose f (definite singular bosa, indefinite plural boser, definite plural bosene)
- strawbed
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Verb[edit]
bose (present tense bosar, past tense bosa, past participle bosa, passive infinitive bosast, present participle bosande, imperative bose/bos)
References[edit]
- “bose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch[edit]
Verb[edit]
bose
- to hurry
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Polish[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
bose
- inflection of bosy:
Scanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bose m
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
bose
- inflection of bosar:
Ternate[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bose
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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