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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"
Generic synonyms: Entertain
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.
Specialized synonyms: Intermediate Host, Definitive Host
Antonyms: Parasite
5. Noun. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
Generic synonyms: Entertainer
Specialized synonyms: Compere, Lord Of Misrule, Question Master, Quizmaster, Ringmaster, Symposiarch, Toastmaster
Specialized synonyms: Ed Sullivan, Edward Vincent Sullivan, Sullivan
Derivative terms: Emcee
6. Noun. Archaic terms for army.
Specialized synonyms: Roman Legion, Sabaoth
Generic synonyms: Army, Ground Forces, Regular 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.
Specialized synonyms: Hostess, Padrone, Victualer, Victualler
Generic synonyms: Patron
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.
Generic synonyms: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
Group relationships: Computer Network
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
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. 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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Host
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