hose

plural hoses · plural hosen

1. countableA flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
2. uncountableA stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
3. countablehistoricaluncountableClose-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

   His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]

   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]

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   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.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 3:21

   [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.

   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

present singular third person hoses · participle present hosing · participle past hosed · past hosed

1. transitiveTo water or spray with a hose.

   Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.

   1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny, →ISBN, page 83

2. transitiveTo spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.

   His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.

   2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace, Brassey's, →ISBN, page 136

3. transitiveTo deliver using a hose.

   He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.

   2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 57

4. transitiveTo provide with hose (garment)

   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

   1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume X, page 416

5. transitiveTo trick or deceive.

   Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.

   2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, in Slate, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2023

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   Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.

   1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy, The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 458

6. slangtransitivecomputingTo break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.

   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.

   2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, in Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 63

7. transitivehobbiesTo 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.

1. A surname.
2. A village in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7329).