Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hose down
Participle: hosed down
Gerund: hosing down
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hose down |
| you | hose down |
| he;she;it | hoses down |
| we | hose down |
| you | hose down |
| they | hose down |
Perfect
| I | have hosed down |
| you | have hosed down |
| he;she;it | has hosed down |
| we | have hosed down |
| you | have hosed down |
| they | have hosed down |
Past
| I | hosed down |
| you | hosed down |
| he;she;it | hosed down |
| we | hosed down |
| you | hosed down |
| they | hosed down |
Pluperfect
| I | had hosed down |
| you | had hosed down |
| he;she;it | had hosed down |
| we | had hosed down |
| you | had hosed down |
| they | had hosed down |
Future
| I | will hose down |
| you | will hose down |
| he;she;it | will hose down |
| we | will hose down |
| you | will hose down |
| they | will hose down |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hosed down |
| you | will have hosed down |
| he;she;it | will have hosed down |
| we | will have hosed down |
| you | will have hosed down |
| they | will have hosed down |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hose down |
| you | hose down |
| he;she;it | hose down |
| we | hose down |
| you | hose down |
| they | hose down |
Perfect
| I | have hosed down |
| you | have hosed down |
| he;she;it | have hosed down |
| we | have hosed down |
| you | have hosed down |
| they | have hosed down |
Imperfect
| I | hosed down |
| you | hosed down |
| he;she;it | hosed down |
| we | hosed down |
| you | hosed down |
| they | hosed down |
Pluperfect
| I | had hosed down |
| you | had hosed down |
| he;she;it | had hosed down |
| we | had hosed down |
| you | had hosed down |
| they | had hosed down |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hose down |
| you | would hose down |
| he;she;it | would hose down |
| we | would hose down |
| you | would hose down |
| they | would hose down |
Perfect
| I | would have hosed down |
| you | would have hosed down |
| he;she;it | would have hosed down |
| we | would have hosed down |
| you | would have hosed down |
| they | would have hosed down |
Imperative
| you | hose down |
| we | Let's hose down |
| you | hose down |
Verbs conjugated like 'hose'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hose'
bose,
cose,
dose,
hase,
hode,
hoe,
hoise,
hoke,
hole,
home,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
2. Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.
3. The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.
Sample Sentences
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Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed. [1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny, →ISBN, page 83:]
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His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions. [2003, John R. Bruning, Jungle ace, Brassey's, →ISBN, page 136:]
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He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls. [2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 57:]
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The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
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Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
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The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed-
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Nose and eyes only to the day exposed [1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country, volume X, page 416:]
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Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him. [1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy, The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 458:]
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Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed. [2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, in Slate, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2023:]
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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. [2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, in Maximum PC, Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 63:]