English Dictionary

hose

/həʊz/

verb

(transitive) To water or spray with a hose. / (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity. / (transitive) To deliver using a hose. / (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)

I need to hose down the driveway.

意味（1）

(transitive) To water or spray with a hose.

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

意味（2）

(transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.

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

意味（3）

(transitive) To deliver using a hose.

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

意味（4）

(transitive) To provide with hose (garment)

The mighty mass of many a mingled race,

Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;

The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed-

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

意味（5）

(transitive) To trick or deceive.

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

意味（6）

(transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

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.

意味（7）

(transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.