I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a garden hose (= a long rubber tube used for watering a garden )
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He accidentally left the garden hose running.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
garden
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To continue the water analogy, it's like a fire hose and a garden hose.
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They must be kept evenly moist in drought with the garden hose .
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A tennis racket, a pair of flippers, a garden hose .
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He compared his scheme to the idea of lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house was on fire.
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Then a piece of garden hose can be inserted in the top until it hits a moulded shoulder inside the tube.
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A garden hose is useful here to help.
pipe
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A hose pipe was connected to the exhaust. police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
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Divorced father-of-three Terry Liffen was found dead in his car with a hose pipe leading from the exhaust.
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On reaching the fire, Joseph jumped out and began wheeling off the thick long hose pipe from the engine.
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We kept the area very clean with water applied with a hose pipe .
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Use a board or a line as a guide when cutting straight edges or a length of hose pipe for curves.
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Watering with a hose pipe doesn't take long and weeding as a task hardly exists.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
play a hose/light on sth
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to those at the vigil, the police only checked on the hose twice before the massacre occurred at 4am.
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Follow that up with hot, soapy water and a hose over everything, and I suggest you do the underside first.
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Howard laid down the hose and went to turn off the water.
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The hose lead via a valve to the vacuum of space.
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The guy had an air hose around him when he was blowing on the cylinders.
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The men hopped to the tarmac and unraveled a rust-stained intestine of hose .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Marcus tried to hose someone on a drug deal.
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You don't have to hose the car before washing it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because I enjoy bathing, washing up and hosing down the car, the concept appealed to me.
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It may need hosing at high pressure to get rid of any surface slime.
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New Zealands should be brushed off, hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer.
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Riker brought the Huey up to a hover and hosed it over to go.
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They had hosed him down after that, then poured urine over him.
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They stepped into yellow coveralls, hosed the boat.