hose

1. 1.

   water with a hose

   “hose the lawn”

   Synonymshose down

   Broaderwater

Other forms of hose

plural

hoses·

past tense

hosed·

present participle

hosing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hose

What does hose mean?

hose means "socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hose?

hose has 1 syllable: hose. In IPA it is /ˈhoʊz/.

What is another word for hose?

Close synonyms include hosiery, hosepipe, hose down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hose a common word?

hose is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hose?

1 word rhymes with hose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.