Found 4 items, similar to host.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: host tuan rumah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: host ahlulbait, tuan rumah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: host host n 1: 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: a vast multitude [syn: horde, legion] 3: an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association [ant: parasite] 4: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: master of ceremonies , emcee] 5: archaic terms for army [syn: legion] 6: any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; “Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games” 7: (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor 8: the owner or manager of an inn [syn: innkeeper, boniface] 9: a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion 10: (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network [syn: server] v : be the host of or for; “We hosted 4 couples last night”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Host Host \Host\ (h[=o]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. [1913 Webster] Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men. [1913 Webster] Host \Host\, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Host \Host\ (h[=o]st), 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. [1913 Webster] A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. [1913 Webster] And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13. [1913 Webster] All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Host \Host\, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] “Where you shall host.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Host \Host\ (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]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.] 1. One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. --Chaucer. “Fair host and Earl.” --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]