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Synonyms for hose

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hohz
Phonetic Transcription : hoÊŠz

Définition of hose

Origin :
  • late Old English, hosa "covering for the leg," from Proto-Germanic *husan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Norse hosa, Middle High German hose "covering for the leg," German Hose "trousers"), literally "covering," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). Old French hose, Old Spanish huesa are of Germanic origin. Sense of "flexible rubber tube for liquid" is first attested late 15c.
  • noun stockings
Example sentences :
  • She turned the hose on the car and washed the dust from it carefully.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The reply came: "No shooting allowed in Park; use the hose."
  • Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
  • The piece which the mastiff had torn from his hose did not discourage Boxtel.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • I shouted scornfully, as they started to play the hose on her.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The hose is of heavy duck, sometimes double, sewn by machine.
  • Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
  • I'll explain what I have in mind while we dig up this coil of hose.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • And the cheering, O Shakib, was drowned by the hose of the sailors.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • In seconds he had the hose end in one of the wing fuel-tanks.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • The rustle of the hose along the hall floor was muffled by the greasy slime.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • Hold this hose, coming from the water container, in your right hand.
  • Extract from : « Vampires of Space » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

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