hosed
/hoʊzd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of hose
Example Sentences
- "Satins and silks and hoséd legs they shew; / Rich streams of cane-distilled nepenthe flow."
- "“You must know, Estelle dear, that when one’s”—Kathryn paused, then finished maliciously—“hosed legs and feet are half frozen it is no time to consider too rigid conventions.”"
- "Bigly built, he looked so foolish in his puffed yellow breeches making his hosed legs seem stalk-like while he pranced and struck himself on the chest and tore the cock-feather out of his round cap and bit it in fury, spit sparkling on the shaven inch of chin between beard and underlip."
- "She gathered her skirts waist high to reveal slim hosed legs, a flash of pale thighs."
- "For this man’s eyes held a strange interest, with contempt under, and dwelt upon my hosed legs, where they met my short surcoat."
- "There were two graying women whose veined hosed legs below gray overcoats straddled shopping bags as they nodded toward one another wordlessly."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hoʊzd/
- British English: /həʊzd/
Inflected Forms
more hosed (comparative)
most hosed (superlative)