host : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: host	by the DICT Development Group
9 results for host
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
host n 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 a vast multitude Synonym(s): horde, host, legion an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association Antonym(s): parasite a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) Synonym(s): master of ceremonies, emcee, host archaic terms for army Synonym(s): host, legion any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games" (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor the owner or manager of an inn Synonym(s): host, innkeeper, boniface a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network Synonym(s): server, host v be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Host \Host\, n. (Biol.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Host \Host\, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Host \Host\, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] [bd]Where you shall host.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Host \Host\ (h[omac]st), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Host \Host\, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See {Guest}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden. 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Host \Host\, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[93]te, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See {Host} an army, {Possible}, and cf. {Hospitable}, {Hotel}.] One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. --Chaucer. [bd]Fair host and Earl.[b8] --Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
host 1. A computer connected to a {network}. The term {node} includes devices such as routers and printers which would not normally be called "hosts". 2. A computer to which one connects using a {terminal emulator}. (1995-02-16)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Host an entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35). In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Num. 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5). Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2). This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chr. 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.).