bose

See also: Bose, böse, and Böse

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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)

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.

Related terms

• boser

Anagrams

• Sobe, So.Be., SoBe, BOEs, So. Be., Boes, obes, OBEs

Fijian

Noun

bose

1. meeting, encounter

Lindu

Noun

bose

1. oar; rowing tool

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (noun):
  • bosa, boso (non-standard since 2012)
  • bòsu (non-standard since 1917)
• bosa (verb, a- and split infinitives)

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

• “bose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Verb

bose

1. to hurry

Related terms

• Bos m
• bosijch

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

• IPA^(key): [bèʊːsɛ]

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo.se]

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