hose
part of speech
noun (hose, hoses); verb (hose, hoses, hosed, hosing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A hose is a long soft tube that carries water, for watering a garden or washing a car. tree →
2) A fire hose is a big strong hose that firefighters use. tree →
3) To hose something (or hose it down) is to wash or spray it with a hose. tree →
4) Hose is an old word for stockings or tights. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, a length measured, or a flow rate (litres per minute) to fill something; time = total ÷ rate. In everyday life: watering plants, washing the car or the dog, filling a paddling pool. In safety: firefighters use hoses; save water by turning the hose off. In science, a hose shows water flowing through a pipe. Phrases: «garden hose», «fire hose», «hose down», «turn the hose on».
examples
- The hose is 15 metres long. tree →
- Water flows from the hose at 10 litres a minute. tree →
- How long does it take to fill a 200 litre tank? tree →
- He joins two hoses of 8 m each. tree →
- Dad hosed down the muddy bikes. tree →
- The firefighters pointed the hose at the flames. tree →
- Don't leave the hose running, it wastes water. tree →
- We filled the paddling pool with the garden hose. tree →
- They also gave him ragged hose and a tattered shirt, for they were very poor people. tree →
note
Countable: a hose, hoses. Verb past: hosed. Do not confuse with hoes (garden tools) or whose. A flow rate per minute: total ÷ rate gives the time. Trap: joining hoses adds their lengths; two hoses filling one tank add their rates.
In the corpora
- Think of a garden hose bent round a flower bed: cut a straight path across instead and the water arrives much sooner.
- A hose pushes back when water rushes out of it, so firefighters must hold big hoses together.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hose» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.