HOST
\hˈə͡ʊst], \hˈəʊst], \h_ˈəʊ_s_t]\
Definitions of HOST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
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an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
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a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
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any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
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the owner or manager of an inn
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a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
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(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
By Princeton University
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a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
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an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
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a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
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any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
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the owner or manager of an inn
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a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
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(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
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An army; a number of men gathered for war.
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Any great number or multitude; a throng.
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One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
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To give entertainment to.
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To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
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Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
By Oddity Software
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The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
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An army; a number of men gathered for war.
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Any great number or multitude; a throng.
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One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
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To give entertainment to.
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To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
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Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
By Noah Webster.
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A crowd; multitude; army; one who entertains another in public or private; a landlord of a hotel or inn.-Host, the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, in the Greek, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran Churches.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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One who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper:-fem. HOSTESS.
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In the R. Cath. Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, in which Christ is offered.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A multitude; an army.
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One who entertains guests.
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In some churches, the consecrated wafer used at the Lord's Supper.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any organism in which another organism spends a part or the whole of its existence, and derives some of its nourishment therefrom.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [French, Latin] One from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord;—an innkeeper.
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n. [Latin] An army;—any great number or multitude.
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n. [Latin] The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in mass is offered as a sacrifice in the Roman Catholic Church.