hose

CEFRB2

/həʊz/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long flexible tube used to carry water or other liquids.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.

Examples

  • He played a hose on the burning hotel.

  • He was watering his garden with a hose.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /hoʊz/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

  2. A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To water or spray with a hose.

More examples

In context

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

  • 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.

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

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Origin

noun

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”). Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky. The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.