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Definition of Host

1. Noun. 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.

2. Verb. Be the host of or for. "Sam cannot host Sue "; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

3. Noun. A vast multitude.

4. Noun. An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association.

5. Noun. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).

6. Noun. Archaic terms for army.

7. Noun. Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event. "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

8. Noun. (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor.

9. Noun. The owner or manager of an inn.

10. Noun. A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion.

11. Noun. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network.

Definition of Host

1. n. The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

2. n. An army; a number of men gathered for war.

3. n. One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.

4. v. t. To give entertainment to.

5. v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

6. n. 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.

Definition of Host

1. Noun. A person who allows a guest, particularly into the host’s home. ¹

2. Noun. A person or organization responsible for running an event. ¹

3. Noun. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance. ¹

4. Noun. (computing Internet Unix) Any computer attached to a network. ¹

5. Noun. (computing networking) A computer or software component that provides services. ¹

6. Noun. (biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite. ¹

7. Noun. (context: evolutionism genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material. ¹

8. Noun. Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist. ¹

9. Verb. To perform the role of a host. ¹

10. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To lodge at an inn. ¹

11. Verb. (context: computing Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process. ¹

12. Noun. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: ''Heavenly host (of angels)'' ¹

13. Noun. A large number of items; a large inventory. ¹

14. Noun. (context: Catholicism) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Host

1. to entertain socially [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Host

1. An organism that is infected with or is fed upon by a parasitic or pathogenic organism (for example, a virus, nematode, fungus). The term can also be applied, loosely, to a plant supporting an epiphyte. (09 Oct 1997)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Host

hospitalizing hospitaller hospitallers hospitals hospitate hospitation hospitia hospiticide hospiticides hospitium

hospitiums hospodar hospodars hoss hosses host (current term) host-parasite relations host-vector system host cell host range

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