hose
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1.0
- noun
- /hoʊz/
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manguera
- The firefighter connected the hose to the truck to put out the blaze.
- garden hose
- fire hose
- water hose
You ever thumbed a a garden hose and sprayed people like that?
- You ever thumbed a a garden hose and sprayed people like that?
- The the hose does in fact extend.
- Just just some some clips, hose clips.
- So let's let's put the hose back on and see if we can't make her idle.
- You just need a hose to apply Sunday.
Examples
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Other children ran back and forth from the hose to the garden with the watering pail.
Academic text (2012) -
Then he got out, opened the hood, tugged at hoses, and poked at wires.
Fiction book (1990) -
The problem is we usually get water by putting a hose pipe into here.
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What we got is a cold storage unit that a buddy of mine let me flood with a garden hose.
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So we're filling the reservoir up just via a hose down here.
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I loaned you my garden hose last August.
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As soon as I was in position, a silver hose snaked up from the floor.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Marines are standing by with fire hoses.
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Sixty-five percent of those surveyed used water hoses to wash down work areas.
Academic text (1994) -
All tools and machines, especially recovery tanks, wands, and hoses, must be cleaned and disinfected after use.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
680
2.0
A long hollow thing like a pipe that carries liquids or gases, sometimes inside the body
22
2.7
A long hollow pipe that carries liquids, gases, or small objects
13
1.5
A long flexible tube that carries water to plants or the lawn
9
7.9
A small tube that carries air to machines or pumps
6
2.3
A large strong hose that firefighters use to carry water to put out fires
4
2.7
A flexible tube that carries air under pressure to inflate tires or power tools
2
1.4
A flexible tube made of rubber that carries water or air
1
4.1
A flexible rubber tube that carries cooling liquid between a car's radiator and engine
1
1.9
A long flexible tube used to carry water to a garden
Compounds
1
4.1
A flexible rubber tube that carries cooling liquid between a car's radiator and engine
Using force to make someone give secret passwords or keys for computer systems
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hose for a tube comes from an old word hosa that meant a 'stocking' or close leg covering, and you can still see the same root in hosiery. Think of a hose as a long 'stocking' that carries water instead of a leg, which is why we call a water tube a 'hose'.