hose
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Is hose a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.countable
2. (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.uncountable
3. (historical) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.Examples: "Theſe men were bound in their coates, their hoſen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were caſt into the midſt of the burning fierie furnace."; "His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]"; "[T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest."countablehistoricaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.Examples: "Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed."transitive
2. (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.Examples: "His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions."transitive
3. (transitive) To deliver using a hose.Examples: "He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls."transitive
4. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)Examples: "The mighty mass of many a mingled race, Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase; The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed- Nose and eyes only to the day exposed"transitive
5. (transitive) To trick or deceive.Examples: "Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him."; "Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed."transitive
6. (transitive, computing, slang) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.Examples: "There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity."slangtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary