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Shoe vs Hose - What's the difference?

shoe | hose | Anagrams |

Hose is a anagram of shoe.



As nouns the difference between shoe and hose

is that shoe is a protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do while hose is a flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

As verbs the difference between shoe and hose

is that shoe is to put shoes on one's feet while hose is to water or spray with a hose.

shoe

English

(wikipedia shoe)

Noun

(en-noun) (shoon is archaic or regional)
  • A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
  • Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
  • A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
  • Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
  • A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
  • Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe .
  • Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes , or they will wear out unevenly.
  • # A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
  • # A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
  • # The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
  • # (architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
  • # A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
  • # An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
  • # An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
  • # An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
  • # (engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.
  • # Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
  • Usage notes

    The plural shoon is archaic and no longer in common use.

    Hyponyms

    * moccasin * pump * sandal * slipper * sneaker * stiletto * flip flop * See also

    Derived terms

    {{der3, if the shoe fits , the shoe is on the other foot , shoebeam, shoegear , shoe brush, shoebrush , shoegazing , shoehorn , shoemaker , shoe polish , shoeshine , stand in someone's shoes}}

    See also

    * boot * footwear * slipper

    Verb

  • To put shoes on one's feet.
  • * …men and women clothed and shod for the ascent…'' — , ''The Gospel Delivered in Arès , 26:6, 1995
  • To put horseshoes on a horse.
  • * 1874 — (Thomas Hardy), , chapter XXXII
  • "Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."
  • To equip an object with a protection against wear.
  • The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

    hose

    English

    (wikipedia hose)

    Noun

  • (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
  • (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
  • (obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
  • * Bible, Daniel iii. 21
  • These men were bound in their coats, their hosen , and their hats, and their other garments.
  • * Shakespeare
  • His youthful hose , well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank.

    Usage notes

    * (garment covering legs ) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920's, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose

    Derived terms

    * hose clamp * hose clip

    Verb

    (hos)
  • To water or spray with a hose.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1995 , author=Vivian Russell , title=Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny citation , isbn=9780711209886 , page=83 , passage=Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.}}
  • To provide with hose (garment)
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year=1834 , author=Pierce Pungent , title=Men and Manners , date=July to December , volume=X , page=416 , magazine=Fraser's magazine for town and country citation , passage=The mighty mass of many a mingled race,
    Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase;
    The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed -
    Nose and eyes only to the day exposed}}
  • To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2003 , author=John R. Bruning , title=Jungle ace , publisher=Brassey's citation , isbn=9781574886948 , page=136 , passage=His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.}}
  • To trick or deceive.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1995 , author=Keath Fraser , title=Popular anatomy , publisher=The Porcupine's Quill citation , isbn=9780889841499 , page=458 , passage=Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.}}
  • (computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year=2006 , date=Spring 2006 , author=Joel Durham Jr. , title=Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI , page=63 , magazine=Maximum PC , publisher=Future US, Inc. , issn=1522-4279 citation , passage=There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.}}

    Derived terms

    * hose down * home and hosed

    Anagrams

    * hoes * shoe English transitive verbs