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Meaning of hose

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hose
      n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British
           include underwear) [syn: {hosiery}, {hose}]
      2: man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries
         covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a
         doublet
      3: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: {hose},
         {hosepipe}]
      v 1: water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: {hose}, {hose
           down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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