hose
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊz/
- Rhymes: -əʊz
- Homophone: hoes
Noun
[edit]hose (countable and uncountable, plural hoses or hosen)
- (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
- (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
- (obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 3:21:
- 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.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
- His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]
- 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto First. The Castle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza VIII, page 30:
- [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.
Usage notes
[edit]- (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920s, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose.
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Verb
[edit]hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)
- (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
- (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
- (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
- 2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 57:
- He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
- (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
- 1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country[3], volume X, page 416:
- 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) To trick or deceive.
- 2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, in Slate[5], archived from the original on 9 September 2023:
- Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.
- (transitive, computing, slang) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
- (transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
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Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English hose, hosa, hosu, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā. Compare German Hose.
Alternative forms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hose (plural hosen or hose or (rare) hoses)
- Stockings or tights (often worn by men in the ME period).
- (in the plural) pants, trousers; hose.
- Armour or protection for the legs; armoured legwear.
- (rare) The bendable outer casing of grains.
- (rare) A bendable tube for liquids; a hose.
- (rare) A bendable tube acting as a trap.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “hōse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.
Etymology 2
[edit]From hose (noun).
Verb
[edit]hose
- Alternative form of hosen
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hose
- Alternative form of hos (“hoarse”)
Etymology 4
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hose
Etymology 5
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hose
- Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ.
Noun
[edit]hose f (definite singular hosa, indefinite plural hoser, definite plural hosene)
Derived terms
[edit]Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hosā.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hose f
Declension
[edit]Weak:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hose | hosan |
accusative | hosan | hosan |
genitive | hosan | hosena |
dative | hosan | hosum |
Synonyms
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH-
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- nn:Clothing
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