bose
See also: Bose, böse, and Böse
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bəʊs/
- (US) IPA(key): /boʊs/
- Rhymes: -əʊs
Verb
bose (third-person singular simple present boses, present participle bosing, simple past and past participle bosed)
- (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.
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Related terms
- boser
Anagrams
- BOEs, Boes, obes
Fijian
Noun
bose
- meeting, encounter
Lindu
Noun
bose
- oar; rowing tool
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (noun):
- bosa, boso (non-standard since 2012)
- bòsu (non-standard since 1917)
- (verb): bosa (a- and split infinitives)
Etymology
From the noun bos n.
Noun
bose f (definite singular bosa, indefinite plural boser, definite plural bosene)
- strawbed
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Verb
bose (present tense bosar, past tense bosa, past participle bosa, passive infinitive bosast, present participle bosande, imperative bose/bos)
- to sprinkle waste straw around
References
- “bose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch
Verb
bose
- to hurry
Related terms
- Bos m
- bosijch
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.sɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɔsɛ
- Syllabification: bo‧se
Adjective
bose
- inflection of bosy:
- neuter nominative/vocative/accusative singular
- nonvirile nominative/vocative/accusative plural
Scanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bèʊːsɛ]
Noun
bose m
- snake
Spanish
Verb
bose
- inflection of bosar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbo.se]
Noun
bose
- the European black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh