Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To spray thoroughly with a hose.

    Near-synonyms: hose off; rinse down, rinse off, wash down, wash off, wet down

    water with a hose

  2. (transitive)To put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To calm down a person, or a situation.

  4. (slang, transitive)To have sex with (someone).

Translations

2 languages

Forms

hoses down, hosing down, hosed down, hosed down
Base formhose down · to hose down
3rd person singularhoses down
Present participlehosing down
Past simplehosed down
Past participlehosed down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhose down
he, she, ithoses down

Past simpleLesson

all personshosed down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hosed down
he, she, ithas hosed down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hose down

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
hose offrinse downrinse offwash downwash offwet down
Close in meaning
  • water with a hose:hose

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
horticulturehorticulturisthosehospitableB2hospitalA1hospitalityB2
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