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Definition: Hose |
HoseNoun1. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery). 2. Man's garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet. 3. A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas. Verb1. Water with a hose; "hose the lawn". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), noun; plural Hose, formerly Hosen(h[=o]"z'n). [Anglo-Saxon hose; akin to Dutch hoos, German hose breeches, Old High German hosa, Icelandic hosa stocking, gather, Danish hose stocking; compare to Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]. (references) |
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Computing | Hose 1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See hosed. 2. n. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. n. Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called `bit hose' or `hosery' (play on `hosiery') or `etherhose'. See also washing machine. Source: Jargon File. |
19th Century Satire | Man's excuse for wetting the walk. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Hose (Dan. 3:21), a tunic or undergarment. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Hose Stockings, or stockings and breeches both in one. French, chausses. There were the haut de chausses and the bas de chausses. "Their points being broken, down fell their hose." - Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., ii. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Personal Care & Hotels | Stocking: a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg reaching above the knee and usu. knit of nylon, silk, wool or cotton. . also hose OLFHA 74. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A flexible conduit used to convey water under pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HoseSynonyms: hosepipe (n), hosiery (n), tights (n), hose down (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral; arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos; chavar, chivarras, chivarros; gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos; stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock; hosiery. |
Conduit | Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. |
Insulation, Fire extinction | Extincteur; fire annihilator; amianth, amianthus; earth-flax, mountain-flax; asbestos; fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company; pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket; fire hose, fire hydrant. |
River | Irrigation. (water); pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn spray; bhisti, mussuk. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hose |
| English words defined with "hose": air hose, airline ♦ fire hose, Fire plug ♦ Galligaskins, garden hose, Gaskins ♦ Hose company, Hose coupling, hose down, Hose wrench, Hosen ♦ leotards ♦ Nose of wax ♦ radiator hose ♦ Scupper nail, sprinkler ♦ tights, trunk hose ♦ Unhosed ♦ water cannon, watercannon ♦ zinc white. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hose": braided hose ♦ hose bib, hose bibb, hose builder, hose cementer, hose cock, HOSE CUTTER, HAND, HOSE CUTTER, MACHINE, hose finisher, HOSE INSPECTOR AND PATCHER, HOSE MAKER, HOSE WRAPPER ♦ machine printer, hose ♦ spiral hose ♦ unlined fire hose. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Hose" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (breeches, hose, pantaloon, pants, slacks, trouser, trousers). |
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Screenplays | Look at the fun bags on that hose hound (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.) She can suck a golf ball through twenty feet of garden hose. (Beverly Hills Cop II; writing credit: Eddie Murphy; Robert D. Wachs) If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I'd be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) To Peter Griffin and his big hose, that's one job. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) You get the bucket, I'll get the hose. (Promised Land; writing credit: Frédéric D'Onfs; Olivier Langlois) | |
Lyrics | Take a drink right from the hose (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) Will ya hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot (I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That); performing artist: Meat Loaf) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Die Hose (1965) Jacke wie Hose (1953) Die Hose (1927) Wo ist die Hose Heinrich (1921) Silk Hose and High Pressure (1915) | |
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![]() | "Hose" by Rainer Wonisch. | ![]() | Pole and line fishing. Man in foreground is throwing live bait in water to keep school of tuna around the boat. Man with hose is spraying water to keep tuna from noticing boat. Lines in upper left lead to pulley system. When large fish is hooked, a man pulls on rope to pull fishing pole vertical which brings fish to side of boat for gaffing. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | JSL prepares to dive-- note dryer hose type suction tube on the arm. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Collecting plankton by means of pumping water on board through a rubber hose. Plate VI, print 10. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Dairy waste management--using the 'lay-flat' hose system to distribute waste on pastures. Eastern Louisiana. Credit: Bob Nichols. | ![]() | A firefighter uses a toy hose, a backpack with water to soak an area. Credit: USDA. |
![]() | View on the afterdeck, looking forward, 1908. Note: 12"/45 gun turret; after bridges with stump mainmast, searchlights and 3-pounder guns; winches, hatches and hose reel on the main deck. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | A wave breaks over her main deck, engulfing the hose crew, as she refuels USS Yorktown (CV-5) in early May 1942, shortly before the Battle of Coral Sea. Neosho was lost in that battle. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Fire engines putting out flames, firemen chasing man whose hatchet fell on hose, hose wetting man, fireman putting out flames. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Fire Hose" by Steven Lester Commentary: "Rusty old fire hose." | "Hose pipe" by Claire Jones Commentary: "Garden hose." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| Spraying car with high-powered watering hose. | Air hose blowing high-pressured air. | ||
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Al drove in and nosed the Hudson up to the hose. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many families have told us that a bath seat and a hand-held hose greatly reduce the bath time crisis. (references) | |
As the prostate enlarges, the layer of tissue surrounding it stops it from expanding, causing the gland to press against the urethra like a clamp on a garden hose. The bladder wall becomes thicker and irritable. (references) | ||
When the condition is caused by prolonged bed rest, improvement may occur by sitting up with increasing frequency each day. In some cases, physical counterpressure such as elastic hose or whole-body inflatable suits may be required. (references) | ||
Business | This center is equipped to repair and overhaul power flight control mechanisms, wing flap carriage fittings and assemblies, hydraulic servo actuators and valves, hydraulic pumps, pressure vessels, propellers, wheels and brakes and to conduct flexible hose pressure test and manufacture. (references) | |
Economic History | Uae | These expansions will require: radio and navigational aids, ground cargo handling and aircraft maintenance equipment, loaders, fire fighting trucks, telescopic walkways, air hose couplings, air conditioners, runway lights, radio navigation systems, escalators, baggage inspection X-Ray machines, catering and maintenance equipment, aircraft toilet cleaners, hydraulic lifts and refueling tankers. (references) |
Human Rights | Korea | The woman reported severe beatings, torture involving water forced into a victim's stomach with a rubber hose and pumped out by guards jumping on a board placed across the victim's abdomen, and chemical and biological warfare experiments allegedly conducted on inmates by the army. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Hose" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.23% of the time. "Hose" is used about 266 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.23% | 248 | 18,908 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.01% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.63% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.13% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 266 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hose" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hose | Last name | 1,000 | 18,651 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "hose": air hose ♦ braided hose ♦ cable hose ♦ connecting hose ♦ fire hose ♦ garden hose ♦ golf hose ♦ Half hose ♦ high pressure hose ♦ hose assembly ♦ hose bib ♦ hose bibb ♦ Hose carriage ♦ Hose cart ♦ hose cock ♦ Hose company ♦ Hose coupling ♦ hose down ♦ hose gaiter ♦ hose manufacture ♦ hose out ♦ hose pipe ♦ hose reel ♦ Hose truck ♦ Hose wrench ♦ oil hose ♦ panty hose ♦ play a hose on ♦ powder hose ♦ pvc hose ♦ radiator hose ♦ rubber hose ♦ scupper hose ♦ spiral hose ♦ support hose ♦ To underrun a hose ♦ trunk hose ♦ unlined fire hose ♦ water hose. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hose": hose-cart, hose-coat, hose-down, hose-in-hose, hose-jet, hose-pipe, hose-pipes, hose-piping, hose-reel, hose-reels. | |
Ending with "hose": ankle-hose, half-hose, hose-in-hose, panty-hose, parasite-hose, sandal-hose. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pantie hose | 15,556 | free pantie hose pic | 241 |
hose | 1,229 | free pantie hose picture | 241 |
pantie hose picture | 531 | pantie hose lesbian | 225 |
hose reel | 447 | upskirt pantie hose | 223 |
garden hose | 386 | flat hose | 223 |
support hose | 376 | woman in pantie hose | 219 |
pantie hose teen | 365 | central grand hose pantie | 218 |
man in pantie hose | 350 | brake hose | 216 |
pantie hose for man | 341 | pantie hose tgp | 209 |
pantie hose foot | 334 | pantie hose movie | 205 |
free pantie hose | 310 | girl pantie hose | 201 |
pantie hose story | 289 | pantie hose model | 195 |
pantie hose pic post | 284 | black pantie hose | 194 |
fire hose | 284 | sexy pantie hose | 189 |
pantie hose photo | 274 | pantie hose bondage | 188 |
pantie hose photo art | 270 | garden hose reel | 184 |
support pantie hose | 261 | pantie hose video | 174 |
free pantie hose gallery | 257 | asian pantie hose | 170 |
mature pantie hose | 252 | pantie hose foot job | 167 |
winnie cooper pantie hose | 252 | leggs pantie hose | 157 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hedh (aim, cast, cheat, chuck, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, flip, fob, fob off, have, heave, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, push, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow), zorrë (bowel, casing, catgut, entrails, gut, intestine), ujit (dabble, irrigate, water), ujis (dabble, irrigate, water), tub gome, mashtroj (bamboozle, befool, beguile, besot, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, delude, diddle, do, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, fudge, gyp, hocus, hoodwink, impose, jockey, juggle, lead on, mislead, mump, nobble, overreach, palter, queer, ready up, shortchange, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride), markuç, lag me ujë, kalca, ia lag, gete (fishnet stockings, gaiter, leotards, panty hose), çorape (hosiery, socks, stocking, tights). (various references) | |
Arabic | نبريج, خرطوم مياه (hosepipe), جورب (hosiery, sock, socks, stocking), ري بالخرطوم, بنطلون ضيق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чорапи (socks), маркуч (hose pipe). (various references) | |
Chinese | 長襪 (stocking), 水喉. (various references) | |
Czech | hadice (hosepipe, pipe, tube, tubing), punèochy. (various references) | |
Danish | slange (inner tube, serpent, snake, tube). (various references) | |
Dutch | slang (serpent, snake), flexible slang. (various references) | |
Farsi | لوله لاستیکی مخصوص اب پاشی وابیاری , لوله اب اتش نشانی , جوراب (Gaskin), شلنگ . (various references) | |
Finnish | letku (tube, tubing). (various references) | |
French | tuyau (hosepipe), bas. (various references) | |
German | schlauch (barrel, channel, flexible tube, grind, hosepipe, inner tube, pipe, skin, sleeving, tube, utrice). (various references) | |
Greek | μάνικα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להשקות בזרנוק, קולח (waterhose), זרנוק (hosepipe, hydrant, tube), גרב (sock, stocking), צנור (canal, channel, ditch, duct, jet, pipe, spout, tube). (various references) | |
Hungarian | slag (hose-pipe), testhez álló nadrág, tömlő (cyst, fire hose, hose-pipe, leather bottle, manifold, sac), térdnadrág (breeches, britches, half hose, knickerbockers, knickers), locsoló (jet, sprinkler), kerti tömlő, kerti öntözőcső (hose-pipe), hosszú harisnya (stocking), öntözőcső (hosepipe, hose-pipe, squirter). (various references) | |
Indonesian | selang karet, menyirami (dabble, douse, water). (various references) | |
Italian | tubo flessibile. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 蛇管 (coil), ペン先 (force out, fork, horse race, horsepower, horseradish, HP, pen nibs, PS, whore). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ホース , じゃかん (coil). (various references) | |
Korean | 호스. (various references) | |
Manx | pioban ushtey (hosepipe), oashyryn. (various references) | |
Norwegian | strømpe (stocking), slange (inner tube, tube). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | regar com mangueira, mangueira (corral, garden hose, mango), cala estreita. (various references) | |
Romanian | uda cu furtunul, furtun, ciorapi, ciorap (hosiery, sock, stocking), canal (canal, channel, conduit, ditch, duct, flume, Fosse, gut, gutter, jet, sewer, sound, the airways, trough), înzestra cu un furtun. (various references) | |
Russian | рукав (hosepipe, sleeve), рейтузы (pantaloons, riding-breeches), чулки, шланг;чулки, шланг, кишка (bowel, gut), поливать из шланга. (various references) | |
Scottish | osan (a hose, stocking). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prskati crevom, crevo (bowel, intestine), šmrk (hosepipe). (various references) | |
Spanish | manguera (firehose, hosepipe). (various references) | |
Swedish | slang (slang, to speak, tube, tubing). (various references) | |
Thai | ท่อยาง, ถุงเท้ายาว (stocking), ฉีดน้ำด้วยสายยาง. (various references) | |
Turkish | hortumla sulamak, hortumla ıslatmak (play a hose on), hortum (cyclone, Eddy, elephant's trunk, hose pipe, proboscis, snout, tornado, twister, water hose, whirlwind), çorap (footwear, sock, stocking). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юlang (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рейтузи (pantaloons), футляр (cabinet, cap, case, casing, cover, encasement, sheath), шланг (hosepipe), брандсбойт, поливати з шланга. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bít tất ngắn (half hose), bít tất không có chân (hose-tops). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | chauces. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Daniel Chapter 3, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Tote oi andreV ekeinoi sunepodisqhsan econteV ta upodhmata autwn kai taV tiaraV autwn epi twn kefalwn autwn sun tw imatismw autwn kai eblhqhsan eiV thn kaminon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et confestim viri illi vincti cum bracis suis et tiaris et calciamentis et vestibus missi sunt in medium fornacis ignis ardentis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And anoon the ilk men bounden, with armes, and cappis, and shoon, and clothis, weren sente in to mydil of the fourneys of brennynge fijre; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then these men were bound in their coats, their hose, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing, and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Daniel Chapter 3, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Nan kining mga tawohana gipanaggapus nga sinul-oban sa ilang mga kalsones, sa ilang mga sinina, sa ilang mga kupo, ug sa uban pa nilang mga bisti, ug gipanaghulog ngadto sa taliwala sa hudno sa kalayo nga nagadilaab. |
| Croatian | Svezaše ih, dakle, i u plaštevima, obuæi i kapama baciše u zažarenu peæ. |
| Danish | Så blev Mændene bundet i de deres Kapper, Underklæder, Huer og andre Klædningsstykker og kastet i den gloende Ovn. |
| Dutch | Toen werden die mannen gebonden in hun mantels, hun broeken, en hun hoeden, en hun andere klederen, en zij wierpen hen in het midden van den oven des brandenden vuurs. |
| Finnish | Silloin nämä sidottiin vaippoineen, takkeineen, päähineineen ja muine vaatteineen ja heitettiin tuliseen pätsiin. |
| French | Ces hommes furent liés avec leurs caleçons, leurs tuniques, leurs manteaux et leurs autres vêtements, et jetés au milieu de la fournaise ardente. |
| German | Also wurden diese Männer in ihren Mänteln, Schuhen, Hüten und andern Kleidern gebunden und in den glühenden Ofen geworfen; |
| Haitian Creole | Se konsa yo pran mesye yo, yo mare yo byen mare, yo jete yo nan gwo fou tou limen an ak tout rad sou yo, soulye nan pye yo ak gwo mouchwa mare tèt yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Segera ketiga orang itu pun diikat erat dalam keadaan berpakaian lengkap, yaitu dengan kemeja, jubah, topi dan pakaian lainnya, lalu dilemparkan ke dalam perapian yang menyala-nyala itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu ketiga orang itu diikat serta dengan jubahnya dan seluarnya dan destarnya dan segala pakainnya yang lain dan dicampak ke dalam dapur api yang bernyala-nyala. |
| Italian | Furono infatti legati, vestiti come erano, con i mantelli, calzari, turbanti e tutti i loro abiti e gettati in mezzo alla fornace con il fuoco acceso. |
| Maori | Katahi ka herea nga tangata nei i roto tonu i o ratou tarau, i o ratou koti, i o ratou koroka me era atu o o ratou kakahu, a ka maka ki roto ki te oumu he mura rawa nei tona ngiha. |
| Norwegian | Da blev disse menn med sine skjorter, kjortler og kapper og sine andre klær bundet og kastet i den brennende ildovn. |
| Portuguese | Então estes homens foram atados, vestidos de seus mantos, suas túnicas, seus turbantes e demais roupas, e foram lançados na fornalha de fogo ardente. |
| Rumanian | Oamenii acewtia au fost legayi cu ismenele, cqmqwile, mantalele wi celelalte haine ale lor, wi aruncayi kn mijlocul cuptorului aprins. |
| Russian | фПЗДБ НХЦЙ УЙЙ УЧСЪБОЩ ВЩМЙ Ч ЙУРПДОЕН Й ЧЕТИОЕН РМБФШЕ УЧПЕН, Ч ЗПМПЧОЩИ РПЧСЪЛБИ Й Ч РТПЮЙИ ПДЕЦДБИ УЧПЙИ, Й ВТПЫЕОЩ Ч РЕЮШ, ТБУЛБМЕООХА ПЗОЕН. |
| Spanish | Entonces estos hombres fueron atados, con sus mantos, sus túnicas, sus turbantes y sus otras ropas, y fueron echados dentro del horno de fuego ardiendo. |
| Swedish | Så blevo dessa med sina underkläder, livrockar, mössor och andra kläder bundna och kastade i den brinnande ugnen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hose": hosed, hosel, hosels, hosen, hosepipe, hosepipes, hoses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hose": chose, firehose, metamorphose, pantyhose, rechose, spathose, those, typhose, whose. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hose": bathoses, benthoses, chosen, choses, cirrhoses, ethoses, firehoses, kolkhoses, kyphoses, lederhosen, metamorphosed, metamorphoses, metempsychoses, ornithoses, orthoses, paedomorphoses, pathoses, psychoses, psychosexual, psychosexualities, psychosexuality, psychosexually, rechosen, sporotrichoses, unchosen, whosesoever, whosever. (additional references) | |
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"Hose" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ghodse, haese, Haesje, Hasek, hasey, Hese, hesi, hesse, Hessey, heze, Hisao, hise, Hisex, hisie, hisse, Hizbe, hmos, hoase, hoce, Hode, hofe, Hoise, holse, Holsoe, Honsik, hoose, hooser, hoosh, hopsi, hos, Hosayn, hosea, Hoseco, hosef, Hosek, hosel, hoser, hoset, hoseu, hosey, Hoseyn, Hosken, Hosoe, hoss, hossa, Hossam, Hossan, hosser, hoste, hosteg, hosue, hote, houe, Hovsep, howev, howse, hoye, hoysa, hoz, hoze, hozer, hrose, hrossi, hseq, huce, husa, husam, husat, huse, Husen, huser, huset, husie, husle, husse, hyse, kose, lhose, ohs, rhoes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hose" (pronounced hō"z) |
| 3 | h ō" z | hoes. |
| 2 | -ō" z | arose, bestows, blows, Brose, chose, close, compose, crows, decompose, depose, disclose, dispose, doze, Eaux, enclose, expose, flows, foes, foreclose, forgoes, froze, glows, goes, grows, impose, interpose, Joes, juxtapose, knows, Lowes, lows, noes, nose, ohs, oppose, ose, overexpose, owes, plainclothes, pose, pows, predispose, presuppose, propose, pros, prose, reimpose, repose, roes, rose, rows, shows, slows, snows, sows, superimpose, suppose, tarots, those, throes, throws, toes, tows, transpose, woes. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hoes, shoe. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-o-s" | |
-1 letter: hes, hoe, oes, ohs, ose, she. | |
-2 letters: eh, es, he, ho, oe, oh, os, sh, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-o-s" | |
+1 letter: chose, echos, ethos, helos, heros, hoers, hoise, hokes, holes, homes, hones, hopes, horse, hosed, hosel, hosen, hoses, house, howes, okehs, sheol, shoed, shoer, shoes, shone, shore, shote, shove, those, whose. | |
+2 letters: ahorse, ashore, boches, boheas, boshes, chemos, chokes, choose, chores, chosen, choses, chouse, chowse, coshed, cosher, coshes, dholes, echoes, ephods, ephors, epochs, ethnos, foehns, haloes, haoles, helios, hellos, helots, heroes, herons, hexose, hoarse, hoaxes, hoboes, hoised, hoises, holies, homers, honers, honest, honeys, hooeys, hooves, hopers, hordes, horsed, horses, horsey, horste, hosels, hosier, hosted, hostel, hotels, housed, housel, houser, houses, hovels, hovers, hoyles, isohel, joseph, joshed, josher, joshes, kosher, mahoes, mohels, moshed, mosher, moshes, noshed, nosher, noshes, obeahs, ochers, ochres, others, ouches, ouphes, phones, posher, reshod, reshoe, reshot, reshow, schmoe, senhor, sheols, shmoes, shoers, shooed, shoppe, shored, shores, shotes, shoved, shovel, shover, shoves, showed, shower, shrove, soothe, tholes, throes, tophes, toshes, wholes, whores. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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