n. | 1. | Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. | ||||||||||||
2. | Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. | |||||||||||||
3. | A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
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Noun | 1. | hose - socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery) Synonyms: hosiery |
2. | hose - man's garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet Synonyms: tights | |
3. | hose - a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas Synonyms: hosepipe | |
Verb | 1. | hose - water with a hose; "hose the lawn" Synonyms: hose down |
1. | hose - To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See hosed. | ||
2. | hose - A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. | ||
3. | hose - Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called "bit hose" or "hosery" (a play on "hosiery") or "etherhose". See also washing machine. |