bose

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See also: Bose, böse, and Böse

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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.

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Anagrams

Fijian

Noun

bose

  1. meeting, encounter

Lindu

Noun

bose

  1. oar; rowing tool

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the noun bos n.

Noun

bose f (definite singular bosa, indefinite plural boser, definite plural bosene)

  1. 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)

  1. to sprinkle waste straw around

References

Plautdietsch

Verb

bose

  1. to hurry

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.sɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɛ
  • Syllabification: bo‧se

Adjective

bose

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

Scanian

Pronunciation

Noun

bose m

  1. snake

Spanish

Verb

bose

  1. inflection of bosar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

bose

  1. 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
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