German

Noun

Hose f ‎(genitive Hose, plural Hosen, diminutive Höschen n)

1. trousers

Declension

Synonyms

• Buxe (regional)

Derived terms

• die Hosen anhaben
• Jacke wie Hose
• Spendierhosen

English

A US naval officer using a fire hose.

Noun

hose ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hoses or hosen)

1. (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
2. (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
3. (obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
   • Bible, Daniel iii. 21

     These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments.

   • Shakespeare

     His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank.

Usage notes

• (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose

Derived terms

• air hose
• hose clamp
• hose clip

Translations

Verb

hose ‎(third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)

1. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
   • 1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny, ISBN 9780711209886, page 83:

     Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.

2. (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
   • 2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, ISBN 0061098787, page 57:

     He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.

3. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
   • 1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume X, page 416:

     The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
     Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
     The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed-
     Nose and eyes only to the day exposed

4. (transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
   • 2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace, Brassey's, ISBN 9781574886948, page 136:

     His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.

5. (transitive) To trick or deceive.
   • 1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy, The Porcupine's Quill, ISBN 9780889841499, page 458:

     Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.

6. (transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
   • 2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, in Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., ISSN 1522-4279, page 63:

     There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.

Translations

Derived terms

• hose down
• home and hosed

Anagrams

• hoes
• shoe