Hose
noun
A long, flexible tube that liquid or gas can pass through.
She used a garden hose to water the plants.
Often appears as...
- garden hose
- fire hose
noun
Men's clothing covering the legs and waist.
In medieval times, men often wore tights called hose.
Often appears as...
- pair of hose
- silk hose
verb
To wash or spray something with water from a hose.
After the BBQ, he hosed the patio to clean it.
Often appears as...
- hose down
- hose off
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To cheat or trick someone.
They hosed me at that card game last night.
Often appears as...
- get hosed
- be hosed
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A long, flexible tube that liquid or gas can pass through.
She used a garden hose to water the plants.
Often appears as...
- garden hose
- fire hose
noun
Men's clothing covering the legs and waist.
In medieval times, men often wore tights called hose.
Often appears as...
- pair of hose
- silk hose
verb
To wash or spray something with water from a hose.
After the BBQ, he hosed the patio to clean it.
Often appears as...
- hose down
- hose off
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To cheat or trick someone.
They hosed me at that card game last night.
Often appears as...
- get hosed
- be hosed
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Flexible Usage
The word 'hose' emphasizes flexibility, unlike rigid pipes.
The plumber chose a hose rather than a pipe for the job.
Pro Tip 2/3Carry Liquids
'Hose' usually carries water, but can also be for other liquids and gases.
The tanker was connected with a fuel hose.
Pro Tip 3/3Length Matters
A 'hose' typically refers to a tube of some length, not a short piece.
A longer garden hose can reach all the flower beds.
Pro Tip 1/3Flexible Usage
The word 'hose' emphasizes flexibility, unlike rigid pipes.
The plumber chose a hose rather than a pipe for the job.
Pro Tip 2/3Carry Liquids
'Hose' usually carries water, but can also be for other liquids and gases.
The tanker was connected with a fuel hose.
Pro Tip 3/3Length Matters
A 'hose' typically refers to a tube of some length, not a short piece.
A longer garden hose can reach all the flower beds.
Pro Tip 1/3Flexible Usage
The word 'hose' emphasizes flexibility, unlike rigid pipes.
The plumber chose a hose rather than a pipe for the job.
Pro Tip 2/3Carry Liquids
'Hose' usually carries water, but can also be for other liquids and gases.
The tanker was connected with a fuel hose.
Pro Tip 3/3Length Matters
A 'hose' typically refers to a tube of some length, not a short piece.
A longer garden hose can reach all the flower beds.
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Space Toilet PIPE Known...
than it is on earth I bet the bathroom is no different it's no different well hygiene is very very important in space you want to keep the spaceship nice and clean you want to keep everybody healthy so you want to make sure you know what you're doing when you go to the toilet this is our toilet seat and this is our urinal hose
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New-born Amur Leopards PIPE...
only come together to mate and if the timing is wrong it could be disastrous but what can they actually do if one cat attacks the other well if they don't get on we've got things in place like hoses fire extinguishers and obviously we can't go in there to split
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Tal Golesworthy: How I...
If your high-pressure hose pipe or hydraulic line bulges a little, you just wrap some tape around it, it really is that simple. In concept, though not in execution. The great advantage of an external support, for me, was that I could retain all of my own bits,
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Jennifer B. Nuzzo: 3...
in the midst of a pandemic is like not being able to hook up your hoses to the hydrants when your country is burning down. Today, our culture of safety around infectious diseases is in shambles. We finally have vaccines, lifesaving tools to end the pandemic.
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Dolphin Parenting PIPE...
move hose posture and action if mom stands up on her tail so does her cow come on parents don't you wish you could get this kind of cooperation of all the skills that mom has to teach junior the most important one is how to find
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Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...
temperature control ventilation hose this or dis runs all the way into the building to the because said it was an air conditioning unit it'll pump in a nice cool air building these passages is an expensive gamble costing up to
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Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
Most importantly, we don't have to change our lifestyles after all. You see, for some people, their savior is a guy in a flowing robe. For other people, it's a guy with a garden hose. We badly need some new stories.
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What happens in your...
allows a different kind of really deep bass note. Alright, so with local anesthetic on board, a big black hose in the nose, we're going to let loose a sliver of his repertoire and see all this in play.
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"All the World's a...
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
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A journey around the...
I needed to flee the country and then comes allow the hose full on I had dengue fever for three days in a jungle alone and a week later while drug
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Space Toilet PIPE Known...
than it is on earth I bet the bathroom is no different it's no different well hygiene is very very important in space you want to keep the spaceship nice and clean you want to keep everybody healthy so you want to make sure you know what you're doing when you go to the toilet this is our toilet seat and this is our urinal hose
Video examples
New-born Amur Leopards PIPE...
only come together to mate and if the timing is wrong it could be disastrous but what can they actually do if one cat attacks the other well if they don't get on we've got things in place like hoses fire extinguishers and obviously we can't go in there to split
Video examples
Tal Golesworthy: How I...
If your high-pressure hose pipe or hydraulic line bulges a little, you just wrap some tape around it, it really is that simple. In concept, though not in execution. The great advantage of an external support, for me, was that I could retain all of my own bits,
Video examples
Jennifer B. Nuzzo: 3...
in the midst of a pandemic is like not being able to hook up your hoses to the hydrants when your country is burning down. Today, our culture of safety around infectious diseases is in shambles. We finally have vaccines, lifesaving tools to end the pandemic.
Video examples
Dolphin Parenting PIPE...
move hose posture and action if mom stands up on her tail so does her cow come on parents don't you wish you could get this kind of cooperation of all the skills that mom has to teach junior the most important one is how to find
Video examples
Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...
temperature control ventilation hose this or dis runs all the way into the building to the because said it was an air conditioning unit it'll pump in a nice cool air building these passages is an expensive gamble costing up to
Video examples
Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
Most importantly, we don't have to change our lifestyles after all. You see, for some people, their savior is a guy in a flowing robe. For other people, it's a guy with a garden hose. We badly need some new stories.
Video examples
What happens in your...
allows a different kind of really deep bass note. Alright, so with local anesthetic on board, a big black hose in the nose, we're going to let loose a sliver of his repertoire and see all this in play.
Video examples
"All the World's a...
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
Video examples
A journey around the...
I needed to flee the country and then comes allow the hose full on I had dengue fever for three days in a jungle alone and a week later while drug
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Quote examples
Jesse Itzler
American Businessman
I used to delay doing stuff that I just didn't want to deal with - things like putting the garden hose away properly or doing the dishes right after dinner. Now I have this little voice in my head that says, 'I know you don't want to do this, but just do it anyway.' In other words, there's far less stuff that I put off until tomorrow.
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Gal Gadot
Israeli Actress
I really liked to perform. My mother always tells this story: I was five. They had a party, and they'd put me to bed. I heard everyone on the rooftop, and I went upstairs. No one paid any attention to me, so I took a hose and sprayed everyone. Very elegant, right? 'It's me! Look at me!' I loved the attention.
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Jenifer Lewis
American Actress
My friends were dropping like flies, and the government wasn't doing anything. You don't watch an entire generation take water hoses and dogs on the front line during the '60s or watch another generation perish from AIDS and then get to drive around in big cars and do nothing.
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Jaclyn Smith
American Actress
Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.
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Orson Bean
American Actor
Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into time you might be happier spending some other way.
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Julian Robertson
American Businessman
We had a field day before anyone knew anything about shorting. It was almost a license to steal. Nowadays, it's a license to get hosed.
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Barack Obama
American President
Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.
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Josh Radnor
American Director
We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.
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Bobby Riggs
American Athlete
I'm like a fire hose when the alarm goes off in a battle against a woman. Don't ever count me out.
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Ernie Johnson Jr.
If I ever complain about my job, hit me with a rubber hose.
Quote examples
Jesse Itzler
American Businessman
I used to delay doing stuff that I just didn't want to deal with - things like putting the garden hose away properly or doing the dishes right after dinner. Now I have this little voice in my head that says, 'I know you don't want to do this, but just do it anyway.' In other words, there's far less stuff that I put off until tomorrow.
Quote examples
Gal Gadot
Israeli Actress
I really liked to perform. My mother always tells this story: I was five. They had a party, and they'd put me to bed. I heard everyone on the rooftop, and I went upstairs. No one paid any attention to me, so I took a hose and sprayed everyone. Very elegant, right? 'It's me! Look at me!' I loved the attention.
Quote examples
Jenifer Lewis
American Actress
My friends were dropping like flies, and the government wasn't doing anything. You don't watch an entire generation take water hoses and dogs on the front line during the '60s or watch another generation perish from AIDS and then get to drive around in big cars and do nothing.
Quote examples
Jaclyn Smith
American Actress
Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.
Quote examples
Orson Bean
American Actor
Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into time you might be happier spending some other way.
Quote examples
Julian Robertson
American Businessman
We had a field day before anyone knew anything about shorting. It was almost a license to steal. Nowadays, it's a license to get hosed.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.
Quote examples
Josh Radnor
American Director
We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.
Quote examples
Bobby Riggs
American Athlete
I'm like a fire hose when the alarm goes off in a battle against a woman. Don't ever count me out.
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Ernie Johnson Jr.
If I ever complain about my job, hit me with a rubber hose.
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