All hosing synonyms
hosΒ·ing
H h verb hosing
- pervert β to affect with perversion.
- bait β Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- inveigle β to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- seduce β to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- bunk β A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
- outwit β to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
- juggle β to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
- lure β anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- overreach β to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- misdirect β to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
- shine β to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- bubble β Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
- lap β the act of lapping liquid.
- lave β to wash; bathe.
- launder β to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- slosh β to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- starch β a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- shampoo β to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- souse β to swoop or pounce upon.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- damp β Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- saturate β to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- spatter β to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- baptize β When someone is baptized, water is put on their heads or they are covered with water as a sign that their sins have been forgiven and that they have become a member of the Christian Church. Compare christen.
- drool β to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- deluge β A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
- sop β a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- drown β to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- humidify β to make humid.
noun hosing
- put-down β a landing of an aircraft.
- vilification β to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- obloquy β censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
- tirade β a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade against smoking.
- curse β If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- scolding β a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- defamation β Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- revilement β to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- derision β If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- invective β vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
- libel β the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- censure β If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- opprobrium β the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
- reproach β to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- castigation β to criticize or reprimand severely.
- slander β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- vituperation β verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- knifing β an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.