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Hose

Definition: Hose

Hose

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Hose

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: Hose

Synonyms: hosepipe (n), hosiery (n), tights (n), hose down (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hose

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Hose

English words defined with "hose": air hose, airlinefire hose, Fire plugGalligaskins, garden hose, GaskinsHose company, Hose coupling, hose down, Hose wrench, HosenleotardsNose of waxradiator hoseScupper nail, sprinklertights, trunk hoseUnhosedwater cannon, watercannonzinc white. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hose": braided hosehose bib, hose bibb, hose builder, hose cementer, hose cock, HOSE CUTTER, HAND, HOSE CUTTER, MACHINE, hose finisher, HOSE INSPECTOR AND PATCHER, HOSE MAKER, HOSE WRAPPERmachine printer, hosespiral hoseunlined 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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Modern Usage: Hose

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hose

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Knitted or Crocheted Panty Hose, Tights, Stocking, Socks, and Hosiery: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A Hose for a Nose!: Touch and Play! (Little Friends Series) (reference)

  • A Nose Like a Hose (reference)

  • Elmer Batters: From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose (reference)

  • Fire Kids: The Adventures of Hose Company No. 2 (reference)

  • Great Panty Hose Crafts Book (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

  • Dirt Devil 5-Piece Hand Vacuum Kit for Hose On-Board Dirt Devil Ultra Hand Vacs (reference)

  • EUREKA 60047 Turbo Hose Kit (reference)

  • Hoover 40200024 WindTunnel 20-Foot Deluxe Stretch Hose (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Hose

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Photo Album: Hose

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Hose
 

"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.

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Sounds Captioned with "Hose".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Spraying car with high-powered watering hose.Air hose blowing high-pressured air.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Hose

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Al drove in and nosed the Hudson up to the hose.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hose

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Hose

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.23%24818,908
Lexical Verb (base form)3.01%8124,375
Lexical Verb (infinitive)2.63%7133,076
Noun (proper)1.13%3202,518
                    Total100.00%266N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hose

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HoseLast name1,00018,651
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Hose

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hose

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Hose

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hose

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old French900-1400

chauces. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Hose

LanguageDateSourceDaniel Chapter 3, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintTote 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
Latin405VulgateEt confestim viri illi vincti cum bracis suis et tiaris et calciamentis et vestibus missi sunt in medium fornacis ignis ardentis
Middle English1395WyclifAnd 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 English1611King JamesThen 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 English1833WebsterThen 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 English1964OgdenThen 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Hose

LanguageDaniel Chapter 3, Verse 21
CebuanoNan 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.
CroatianSvezaše ih, dakle, i u plaštevima, obuæi i kapama baciše u zažarenu peæ.
DanishSå blev Mændene bundet i de deres Kapper, Underklæder, Huer og andre Klædningsstykker og kastet i den gloende Ovn.
DutchToen 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.
FinnishSilloin nämä sidottiin vaippoineen, takkeineen, päähineineen ja muine vaatteineen ja heitettiin tuliseen pätsiin.
FrenchCes hommes furent liés avec leurs caleçons, leurs tuniques, leurs manteaux et leurs autres vêtements, et jetés au milieu de la fournaise ardente.
GermanAlso wurden diese Männer in ihren Mänteln, Schuhen, Hüten und andern Kleidern gebunden und in den glühenden Ofen geworfen;
Haitian CreoleSe 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-hariSegera 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 LamaLalu 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.
ItalianFurono 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.
MaoriKatahi 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.
NorwegianDa blev disse menn med sine skjorter, kjortler og kapper og sine andre klær bundet og kastet i den brennende ildovn.
PortugueseEntão estes homens foram atados, vestidos de seus mantos, suas túnicas, seus turbantes e demais roupas, e foram lançados na fornalha de fogo ardente.   
RumanianOamenii acewtia au fost legayi cu ismenele, cqmqwile, mantalele wi celelalte haine ale lor, wi aruncayi kn mijlocul cuptorului aprins.
RussianфПЗДБ НХЦЙ УЙЙ УЧСЪБОЩ ВЩМЙ Ч ЙУРПДОЕН Й ЧЕТИОЕН РМБФШЕ УЧПЕН, Ч ЗПМПЧОЩИ РПЧСЪЛБИ Й Ч РТПЮЙИ ПДЕЦДБИ УЧПЙИ, Й ВТПЫЕОЩ Ч РЕЮШ, ТБУЛБМЕООХА ПЗОЕН.
SpanishEntonces estos hombres fueron atados, con sus mantos, sus túnicas, sus turbantes y sus otras ropas, y fueron echados dentro del horno de fuego ardiendo.
SwedishSå 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hose

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Hose"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hose" (pronounced hō"z)
3h ō" zhoes.
2-ō" zarose, 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.

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Anagrams: Hose

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.

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INDEX

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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