HOE

hoe

(noun) a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle

hoe

(verb) dig with a hoe; “He is hoeing the flower beds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.

The horned or piked dogfish.

Verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

(ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.

(transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

Etymology 2

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

(US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).

Synonyms

• See also prostitute

Verb

hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

(US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).

Etymology 3

Noun

hoe (plural hoes)

A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

Usage notes

• Now used only in place names, such as Plymouth Hoe.

Anagrams

• HEO, Heo

Source: Wiktionary

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Hoe, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.] Etym: [Cf. F. houer.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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