bose

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UK/bəʊs/US/boʊs/UK/bəʊz/India/boːs/

verb

To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.

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Baise
OriginBengali বোস →
CommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

bose1

verbbose (third-person singular simple present boses, present participle bosing, simple past and past participle bosed)

present singular third person boses · participle present bosing · participle past bosed · past bosed

  1. usuallyarchaeologyTo strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.

    This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, […] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.

    1974, Martin Jim Aitken, Physics and archaeology

Bose2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Bengali.

Bose3

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Baise.

    Carry her on your back as far as Bose, / Fleeing there will take seven days on the road.

    2022, David Holm, Meng Yuanyao, editors, The Brigands' Song: Serving in the Army of A Native Chieftain, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 101

    Synonyms: Baise

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Baise.

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Baise

Origin

Bose · proper noun

  1. Bengaliবোস
  2. EnglishBose

Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).

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Bose · proper noun

  1. Mandarin百色
  2. EnglishBose

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 百色 (Bósè).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bose

closegoesosrosefollowsclothesknowsJosegrossdosedosnosechosehoseproposediscloseposeimposefellowsopposeexposeprosediagnosecompose
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Anagrams

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Chicago

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