hose

hose
    n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British
         include underwear) [syn: {hosiery}, {hose}]
    2: man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries
       covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a
       doublet
    3: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: {hose},
       {hosepipe}]
    v 1: water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: {hose}, {hose
         down}]
    

Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), n.; pl. {Hose}, formerly {Hosen}
   (h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches,
   OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking;
   cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
   1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn,
      reaching to the knee.
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            These men were bound in their coats, their hosen,
            and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan.
                                                  iii. 21.
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            His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
            For his shrunk shank.                 --Shak.
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   2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a
      stocking or stockings.
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   3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other
      material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water,
      from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
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   {Hose carriage}, {Hose cart}, or {Hose truck}, a wheeled
      vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
      

   {Hose company}, a company of men appointed to bring and
      manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]

   {Hose coupling}, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting
      hose, end to end.

   {Hose wrench}, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite
      or disconnect them.
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hose


   1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in
   performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system."
   See {hosed}.

   2. n. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure.
   Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks.

   3. n. Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes
   called bit hose or hosery (play on `hosiery') or `etherhose'. See also
   {washing machine}.
    

hose

   1. To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance.
   "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system."  See
   {hosed}.

   2. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure.
   Generally denotes data paths that represent performance
   bottlenecks.

   3. Cabling, especially {thick Ethernet cable}.  This is
   sometimes called "bit hose" or "hosery" (a play on "hosiery")
   or "etherhose".  See also {washing machine}.

   [{Jargon File}]
    

Hose
(Dan. 3:21), a tunic or undergarment.
    

71 Moby Thesaurus words for "hose":
      adjutage, asperge, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, catheter, dabble,
      damp, dampen, dash, dew, douche, drainpipe, efflux tube, fire hose,
      flue pipe, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, hose down, hosepipe,
      hosiery, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, moisten, nipple,
      organ pipe, paddle, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, reed,
      reed pipe, siamese, siamese connection, siphon, slobber, slop,
      slosh, snorkel, socks, soil pipe, sparge, spatter, splash,
      splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, standpipe, steam pipe, stem,
      stockings, straw, swash, syringe, tap, tube, tubing, tubulation,
      tubule, tubulet, tubulure, waste pipe, water, water pipe, wet,
      wet down