hosing (down)

verb

present participle of hose (down)
as in flooding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hosing (down)
  1. flooding
  2. wetting down
  3. inundating
  4. overflowing
  5. moistening
  6. showering
  7. deluging
  8. sprinkling
Verb
  • Kelly Howe The area around the Aspen Acres fire was also struck by flooding last month.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Tributes are flooding in for Hayden Panettiere, the Scream and Heroes star who died Sunday at 36.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooding
Verb
  • Start by wetting down the concrete to prevent the cleaner from drying too quickly.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • If hygienists clean it up properly with HEPA vacuuming and wetting down surfaces with sponges or hoses to keep the particles from reentering the air, then risk should theoretically stay low.
    — Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2025
Definition of wetting down
Verb
  • According to officials, catastrophic flooding in January 1997 devastated the species, inundating Caswell Memorial State Park and roughly 70 square miles between Manteca and Tracy.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Like many other large cities, much of Los Angeles’ vast network of water mains and trunk lines were installed at the turn of the 20th century and are at risk of breaking, disrupting service and potentially inundating communities with water.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of inundating
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  • Several city councilmembers maintained that neighborhoods on the periphery of the city struggle with overflowing parking and residents who live in those neighborhoods needed cars – and therefore parking — to get to work.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Krishna Karamkar jumped into floodwaters on July 19 when one of his two sons inadvertently fell into the overflowing Dikhow, which is a tributary of the Brahmaputra.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of overflowing
Verb
  • The next several days will see a cooling and moistening trend in both the Bay Area and Central Coast; temperatures are expected to be well below seasonal averages.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • For this, Langelo recommends moistening the soil to make the weeds easier to pull.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of moistening
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  • Nights can be a sullen cycle of sleep, showering and opening a window — only to close it later to block out the urban noise.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Family says teenager suffered burns after showering Combs and Bivens also discussed a Trinidad family that said its 16-year-old daughter developed a serious skin reaction after showering.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of showering
Verb
  • The water main break also flooded streets in the area, deluging parked cars.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Civil servants in the town of Fujikawaguchiko erected a black wall to try to stop tourists from deluging the town to take photos in front of a backdrop of Mount Fuji.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Definition of deluging
Verb
  • Wheat, rice, and corn flours are the three most common options for sprinkling over your soil.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But by the 1960s, the techniques of Central Texas — sprinkling briskets with salt and pepper and cooking them over indirect heat — started to become more commonplace.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprinkling
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