Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hoses, present participle hosing, past tense, past participle hosed
1. countable noun
A hose is a long, flexible pipe made of rubber or plastic. Water is directed through a hose in order to do things such as put out fires, clean cars, or water gardens.
You've left the garden hose on.
2. countable noun
A hose is a pipe made of rubber or plastic, along which a liquid or gas flows, for example from one part of an engine to another.
Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.
3. verb
If you hose something, you wash or water it using a hose.
We wash our cars and hose our gardens without even thinking of the water that uses. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
4. uncountable noun
Hose is used to refer to tights, socks, and stockings.
[technical, or old-fashioned]
If you have varicose veins, consider wearing elastic support hose.
5. See also pantyhose
6. uncountable noun
Hose was a garment that looked like a pair of very tight trousers and was worn by men in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and early seventeenth centuries.
Phrasal verbs:
See hose down
More Synonyms of hose
hose in British English1
(həʊz)
noun
1. Also called: hosepipe
a flexible pipe, for conveying a liquid or gas
verb
2. (sometimes foll by down)
to wash, water, or sprinkle (a person or thing) with or as if with a hose
Word origin
C15: later use of hose2
hose in British English2
(həʊz)
nounWord forms: pluralhose or hosen
1.
stockings, socks, and tights collectively
2. history
a man's garment covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
3. half-hose
Word origin
Old English hosa; related to Old High German hosa, Dutch hoos, Old Norse hosa
hose in American English
(hoʊz)
nounWord forms: pluralhose or ˈhoses
1. Obsolete
a tightfitting outer garment worn by men, covering the hips, legs, and feet, or extending only to the knees or ankles, and attached to the doublet by cords or ribbons (called points)
2. [pl.]
a.
stockings
b.
socks
3.
a.
a flexible tube used to convey fluids, esp. water from a hydrant or faucet
b.
such a tube equipped with a nozzle and attachments
verb transitiveWord forms: hosed or ˈhosing
4.
to put water on with a hose; sprinkle or drench with a hose
often with down
5. US, Slang
to beat as with a hose
6. US, Slang
to cheat; deceive; trick
Word origin
ME < OE hosa, leg covering, akin to Ger hose < IE *(s)keus- < base *(s)keu-, to conceal, hide > sky; (sense 3) prob. infl. by Du hoos, water pipe, of same origin
hose in Mechanical Engineering
(hoʊz)
Word forms: (regular plural) hoses
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Fluid engineering)
A hose is a flexible pipe for carrying a liquid or gas.
The water is connected to the faucet by a length of rubber hose.
Water sprays out like water from a garden hose.
A hose is a flexible pipe for carrying a liquid or gas.
Examples of 'hose' in a sentence
hose
He suffered face, hand and ankle burns trying to tackle the blaze with a garden hose.
The Sun (2016)
He suffered face, hand and ankle burns trying to tackle the blaze with a garden hose.
The Sun (2016)
Imagine putting a finger over your hose pipe.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This fits easily onto your garden hose.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Can you please advise me on the etiquette of wearing support hose in such circumstances?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The spider monkey clambered up the rubber hose after cleaners left it dangling.
The Sun (2008)
Russian firefighters attach hoses to a platform.
The Sun (2015)
Both said that they saw no reason to impose hose pipe bans.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They doused the flames with garden hoses until emergency services arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Rub any off with your finger and thumb or carefully use a garden hose.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
With a hose, they clean the area of normal dirt.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He'd attached a hose to his exhaust.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Apparently, its great cogs and gears would still turn if you attached a hose to them.
The Sun (2014)
A lady playing a hose pipe linked to a toy penguin?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The suit is completely sealed, and is fed with air by a hose arrangement from within the ship.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Some use high-pressure hoses to repel boarders or have built safe rooms where they can lock themselves until a warship arrives.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The mouth of the jar must be bigger than the end of the vacuum cleaner hose, but not too much bigger.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I proceeded slowly, taking care that my air hoses did not snag.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Then my head was snapped backwards by a tug on my air hose and I was sent sprawling on the ground.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
On the other hand, if you have varicose veins or circulation problems, consider wearing elastic support hose.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
The Brazilian's race effectively ended when he shot down the pitlane with the fuel hose still attached to his car.
The Sun (2008)
Within an hour of the attack the scene had been washed down with high-pressure hoses, wiping out almost all the evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He and his men battled to hose down the flames, exposing themselves to radiation that was 50% higher than the amount a human being can withstand.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Word lists with
hose
articles of clothing, types of clothes, articles of clothing, types of clothing
In other languages
hose
British English: hose /həʊz/ NOUN
A hose is a long, flexible pipe through which water is carried in order to do things such as put out fires or water gardens.
You've left the garden hose on.
American English: hose
Arabic: خُرْطُومٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: mangueira tubo
Chinese: 软管
Croatian: cijev za zalijevanje za zalijevanje
Czech: hadice
Danish: vandslange
Dutch: tuinslang
European Spanish: manguera
Finnish: letku
French: tuyau
German: Schlauch
Greek: μάνικα
Italian: tubo flessibile
Japanese: ホース
Korean: 호스
Norwegian: slange rør
Polish: wąż gumowy
European Portuguese: mangueira
Romanian: furtun
Russian: шланг
Latin American Spanish: manguera
Swedish: slang
Thai: ท่ออ่อน
Turkish: hortum
Ukrainian: шланг
Vietnamese: ống vòi
British English: hose VERB
If you hose something, you wash or water it using a hose.
We wash our cars and hose our gardens without even thinking of the water that uses.
American English: hose
Brazilian Portuguese: lavar com mangueira
Chinese: 用水管冲洗
European Spanish: limpiar con manguera
French: arroser
German: abspritzen
Italian: usare la manichetta per
Japanese: ホースで散水する
Korean: 호스로 물을 뿌리다
European Portuguese: lavar com mangueira
Latin American Spanish: lavar con manguera
All related terms of 'hose'
fire hose
a powerful hose that can be used to control or extinguish fires, often forming part of the safety equipment of a building
half-hose
socks
hose down
When you hose something or someone down , you clean them using a hose.
mud hose
A mud hose is a flexible tube which connects the mud tank to the swivel for forcing mud down the hole inside the drill string .
garden hose
a flexible tube which carries water and is used to water a lawn or garden
trunk hose
a man's puffed-out breeches reaching to the thighs and worn with tights in the 16th century
support hose
elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg , esp for people with varicose veins
pantyhose
Pantyhose are nylon tights worn by women.
flexible kelly hose
A flexible kelly hose is a hose which carries mud to the kelly.