'Hose' definitions:
Definition of 'hose'
From: WordNet
noun
Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose]
noun
Man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
noun
A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: hose, hosepipe]
verb
Water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: hose, hose down]
Definition of 'Hose'
From: GCIDE
- Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
- 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. [1913 Webster]
- These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan. iii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Hose carriage, Hose cart, or Hose truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
- Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]
- Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end.
- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hose'
From: GCIDE
- Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
- 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. [1913 Webster]
- These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan. iii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Hose carriage, Hose cart, or Hose truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
- Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]
- Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end.
- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hose'
From: Easton
- Hose (Dan. 3:21), a tunic or undergarment.
Synonyms of 'hose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjutage,
- asperge,
- bedew,
- bespatter,
- besprinkle,
- catheter,
- dabble,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dash,
- dew,
- douche,
- drainpipe,
- efflux tube,
- fire hose,
- flue pipe,
- funnel,
- garden hose,
- gas pipe,
- hose down,
- hosepipe,
- hosiery,
- humect,
- humectate,
- humidify,
- irrigate,
- moisten,
- nipple,
- organ pipe,
- paddle,
- pipe,
- pipeline,
- pipette,
- piping,
- reed,
- reed pipe,
- siamese,
- siamese connection,
- siphon,
- slobber,
- slop,
- slosh,
- snorkel,
- socks,
- soil pipe,
- sparge,
- spatter,
- splash,
- splatter,
- sponge,
- spray,
- sprinkle,
- standpipe,
- steam pipe,
- stem,
- stockings,
- straw,
- swash,
- syringe,
- tap,
- tube,
- tubing,
- tubulation,
- tubule,
- tubulet,
- tubulure,
- waste pipe,
- water,
- water pipe,
- wet,
- wet down