Hosing

//ˈhəʊzɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spraying or washing with a hose.

    "Newspapers spread around Soaking all that they can A cleaning is due again A good hosing down"

  2. 2
    Material used for making hosiery. archaic

    "Their hosing, also, in the middle and northern parts of the Valley, is quite insufficient; being generally of cotton or silk […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hose form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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affusionbaptismbathbathingdelugeimmersion

Example

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"Newspapers spread around Soaking all that they can A cleaning is due again A good hosing down"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hose + -ing (present participle ending).

Etymology 2

From hose + -ing (gerund ending).

Etymology 3

From Middle English hosinge, hosiinge, hosiynge, equivalent to hose + -ing.

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