Other Definitions hose (enc)
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Hose| Noun | 1. | hose - socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery)footwear - clothing worn on a person's feet sock - hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee stocking - close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) leotards, tights - skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | | | 2. | hose - man's garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doubletgarment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" | | | 3. | hose - a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gasfire hose - a large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the fire garden hose - a hose used for watering a lawn or garden radiator hose - a flexible hose between the radiator and the engine block tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases water cannon, watercannon - a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters) | | | Verb | 1. | hose - water with a hose; "hose the lawn"irrigate, water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" | |
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