bose

See also: Bose, böse, and Böse

English

Etymology

Verb

bose (third-person singular simple present boses, present participle bosing, simple past and past participle bosed)

  1. (usually archaeology) To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.
    • 1974, Martin Jim Aitken, Physics and archaeology:
      This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, [] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.
  • boser

Anagrams


Lindu

Noun

bose

  1. oar; rowing tool

Plautdietsch

Verb

bose

  1. to hurry

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.sɛ/

Adjective

bose

  1. inflection of bosy:
    1. neuter nominative, vocative, and accusative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative, vocative, and accusative plural

Scanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bèʊːsɛ]

Noun

bose m

  1. snake

Spanish

Verb

bose

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bosar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bosar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bosar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bosar.
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