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Definition of hose verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hose

verb
 
/həʊz/
 
/həʊz/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hose
 
/həʊz/
 
/həʊz/
he / she / it hoses
 
/ˈhəʊzɪz/
 
/ˈhəʊzɪz/
past simple hosed
 
/həʊzd/
 
/həʊzd/
past participle hosed
 
/həʊzd/
 
/həʊzd/
-ing form hosing
 
/ˈhəʊzɪŋ/
 
/ˈhəʊzɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to wash or pour water on something using a hose
    • hose something/somebody Firemen hosed the burning car.
    • hose something/somebody down I’ll just hose down the car.
    Word OriginOld English hosa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoos ‘stocking, water hose’ and German Hosen ‘trousers’. Originally singular, the term denoted a covering for the leg, sometimes including the foot but sometimes reaching only to the ankle.
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