hostly


host 1

H0288900 (hōst)n.1. One who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.2. A person who manages an inn or hotel.3. One that furnishes facilities and resources for a function or event: the city chosen as host for the Olympic Games.4. The emcee or interviewer on a radio or television program.5. Biology a. An organism on which or in which another organism lives.b. A cell that has been infected by a virus or other infective agent.6. Medicine The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.7. Computers a. A computer or other device providing data or services that a remote computer can access by means of a network or modem.b. A computer that is connected to a TCP/IP network such as the internet.tr.v. host·ed, host·ing, hosts 1. To serve as host to or at: "the garden party he had hosted last spring" (Saturday Review).2. To provide software that offers data or services, hardware, or both over a computer network.
[Middle English, host, guest, from Old French, from Latin hospes, hospit-; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]
host′ly adj.

host 2

H0288900 (hōst)n.1. An army.2. A great number; a multitude. See Synonyms at multitude.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin hostis, from Latin, enemy; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]

host 3

also Host H0288900 (hōst)n. Ecclesiastical The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
[Middle English, from Latin hostia, sacrifice.]

hostly

(ˈhəʊstlɪ) adjbefitting a host; host-like