About The Word Hoe
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Hoe
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What's The Definition Of Hoe?
[n] a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
[v] dig with a hoe Synonyms | Synonyms for Hoe: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hoe: backset | cultivate | culture | cut | delve | dig | dress | fallow | fertilize | force | harrow | list | mulch | plow | prune | rake | spade | thin | thin out | till | till the soil | weed | weed out | work See Also | cut into | delve | dig | Dutch hoe | hoe handle | scuffle | scuffle hoe | till | tool | turn over Hoe In Webster's Dictionary \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG.
houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to
cut.]
1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the
earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a
flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which
it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}.
{Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner
of a spade.
{Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator.
\Hoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoeing}.] [Cf. F. houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. {To hoe one's row}, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.] \Hoe\, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. |
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