hose

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊz/ (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊz/ Rhymes: -əʊz Homophone: hoes === Noun === hose (countable and uncountable, plural hoses or hosen) (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. Hyponyms: garden hose, fire hose, radiator hose, air hose, rubber hose (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights. (historical) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee. ==== Usage notes ==== (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920s, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed) (transitive) To water or spray with a hose. (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity. (transitive) To deliver using a hose. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment) (transitive) To trick or deceive. (transitive, computing, slang) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content. (transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call. ==== Derived terms ==== hose down home and hosed hose off unhosed ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Esho, shoe, Hoes, HEOs, Heos, hoes, Shoe == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hose, hosa, hosu, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā. Compare German Hose. ==== Alternative forms ==== hoyse, hosa, hoose (all rare) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɔ̞ːz(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== hose (plural hosen or hose or (rare) hoses) Stockings or tights (often worn by men in the ME period). (in the plural) pants, trousers; hose. Armour or protection for the legs; armoured legwear. (rare) The bendable outer casing of grains. (rare) A bendable tube for liquids; a hose. (rare) A bendable tube acting as a trap. ===== Related terms ===== hosen hosiere hosynge taphose (possibly) ===== Descendants ===== English: hose Scots: hose, hoe ===== References ===== “hōse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hose alternative form of hosen === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== hose alternative form of hos (“hoarse”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Adjective ==== hose inflection of hos (“hoarse”): weak singular strong/weak plural === Etymology 5 === ==== Pronoun ==== hose alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === hosso (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ. === Noun === hose f (definite singular hosa, indefinite plural hoser, definite plural hosene) (clothing) stocking (clothing)(dialectal) a sock ==== Derived terms ==== hoselest == Old English == === Alternative forms === hosa, hosu === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hosā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxo.se/, [ˈho.ze] === Noun === hose f pant leg, stocking (in the plural) pants, trousers; see hosan ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== brōc ==== Derived terms ==== leþerhose ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hose, hoyse, hosa, hoose (all rare)English: hoseScots: hose, hoe