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Definition of hosenext
as in sock
a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg a reenactor dressed like Benjamin Franklin in waistcoat, breeches, and hose

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Recent Examples of hose
Noun
To avoid powdery mildew, water the plants at the soil line with your hose or a drip line system and keep their leaves as dry as possible. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026 Remove hoses and cover above-ground pipes. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2026
Verb
Bagging up trash tightly and hosing out dirty trash cans can also help. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026 Use a watering can or hose that sprinkles the water to evenly distribute it among the seeds. Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hose
Noun
  • Thanks to its explosive popularity, there are so many chic Pilates-ready options out there these days; even the grippy socks are getting cute.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 May 2026
  • Beyond the socks offered on Cohen’s eBay account, other sought after items include a pair of GameStop signs and what appears to be a life-sized Halo 2 statue, both of which are going for more than $10,000.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • It was triggered, in his telling, by the record oil price spike of June 2008, which forced ordinary households to absorb more than $2,000 in additional energy costs on top of adjustable-rate mortgage resets that were already squeezing them.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
  • Gas prices, housing costs and groceries are squeezing people who are working hard yet still falling behind.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Men wore tri-corner hats, white stockings, and long coats.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Instead of looking at fashion through the lens of art, the dresses, jeans, body stockings, bustiers and other garments are more prominently positioned.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • And they are left victorious at trial but still stinging from the episode.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Bass faced stinging criticism over her absence from the city when the fire broke out and her handling of the recovery.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • There’s no trace of anything strummed or plucked; clusters of tone simply materialize out of thin air, as capricious as weather.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
  • He’s plucked employees from companies like Uber, Google, and Facebook to professionalize the place.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Finally, the professional will install hangers to reinforce your gutters before screwing the mesh guard on top.
    Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • And to screw your head onto any of it was really impossible to do.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • Though that 2017 championship is marred by one of the most egregious cheating scandals in baseball history.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • The penalty killers can’t cheat towards one or two guys.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • And after carrying some double-headers in recent weeks, NBC curiously opted to air only single games on Monday and Tuesday this week (the series openers of Knicks-76ers and Lakers-OKC), and stuck its two other playoff games those nights on Peacock.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • Some of the chemicals that didn’t stick on carpets were flushed with the industry’s wastewater into local sewer pipes and, eventually, the region’s rivers.
    DYLAN JACKSON, ABC News, 6 May 2026

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“Hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hose. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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