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| hose [ hōz ] |
noun (plural hos·es) |
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flexible tube: a flexible tube or pipe, often made of rubber or plastic, through which fluids such as water or gasoline can flow
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plural noun |
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1. dress leg coverings: skintight leg coverings, e.g. stockings or socks
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2. dress history tight-fitting trousers: close-fitting leg coverings that attached to a doublet, formerly worn by men
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transitive verb (past and past participle hosed, present participle hos·ing, 3rd person present singular hos·es) |
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1. direct water on somebody or something: to spray, soak, wash, or rinse somebody or something with water from a hose
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2. trick somebody: to deceive or trick somebody
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3. degrade computer's performance: to make a computer system nonfunctional, or greatly degrade the performance of a computer system
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slang
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| [ Old English hosa "leg covering, husk" < Indo-European, "to cover"] |
