Hose

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  • noun. Stockings; socks. Used only in the plural.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Close-fitting breeches or leggings reaching up to the hips and fastened to a doublet, formerly worn by men. Used only in the plural.
  • noun. Breeches reaching down to the knees. Used only in the plural.
  • noun. A flexible tube for conveying liquids or gases under pressure.
  • transitive verb. To water, drench, or wash with a hose.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To attack and kill (someone), typically by use of a firearm.
  • transitive verb. To exploit, cheat, or defraud.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To clothe with hose; clothe.
  • To play upon with a hose; drench with water from a hose.
  • noun. In entomology, a peculiar organ or gland at the base of the tarsal claws of the Psocidæ.
  • noun. The wide trousers formerly worn by seamen.
  • Originally, a garment covering the legs and the waist, worn by men.
  • In present use (as either singular or plural), covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; stockings. Short stockings, not reaching to the knee, are distinctively called half-hose or socks, or, rarely, ankle-hose.
  • A flexible tube or pipe for conveying a fluid to a required point, as water for the service of a fire-engine, for watering a garden, etc.
  • The hollow part of a spade, or other tool of a like kind, which receives the end of the shaft or handle.
  • In printing, formerly, upright iron rods, which connected the spindle of the old hand-press with its platen, and regulated its movement.
  • The sheaf of corn.
  • The outer covering of straw or corn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.
  • noun. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires.
  • noun. coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end.
  • noun. a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid, pl. hoses.
  • noun. A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights, pl. hose or hosen.
  • verb. To water or spray with a hose.
  • verb. To provide with hose (garment)
  • verb. To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
  • verb. To trick or deceive.
  • verb. To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
  • 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
  • verb. water with a hose
  • Word Usage
    "If you fast-forward to something like the Death Knight starting experience, our story-telling team has really mastered or refined the art of delivering the story as first-hand gameplay rather than spraying you with the word hose, which is what we did in the past."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    garment  irrigate  water  
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bose  Brose  Goes  Joes  Jos  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    breech  cap  hood  nozzle  pipe  
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    hosed  hoses  hosing