| Noun | 1. | host - a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are thereadult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward | |
| 2. | host - a vast multitude | |
| 3. | host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the associationorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently intermediate host - a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle definitive host - the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); the parasite obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host | |
| 4. | host - a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)compere - British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc Lord of Misrule - a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration ringmaster - the person in charge of performances in a circus ring toastmaster - the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet | |
| 5. | host - archaic terms for armyRoman Legion - a division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including cavalry) in the Roman army Sabaoth - (plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament; "Lord of Sabaoth" | |
| 6. | host - any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games" | |
| 7. | host - (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor | |
| 8. | host - the owner or manager of an innpadrone - an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy patron - the proprietor of an inn | |
| 9. | Host - a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion | |
| 10. | host - (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer networkcomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
| Verb | 1. | host - be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"do the honors - act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests | |