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As a noun, hose means a flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. As a verb, it means water or spray with a hose.
Meanings of hose
12 meaningsnoun
A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
Similar: hosieryMan's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteClose-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
verb
To water or spray with a hose.
To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
To deliver using a hose.
To provide with hose (garment)
To trick or deceive.
computingTo break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
sportTo 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.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).