hose
verb/həʊz/
/həʊz/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| 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/ |
- 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.Definitions on the go
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