HOED

Verb

hoed

simple past tense and past participle of hoe

Anagrams

• hode, ohed

Source: Wiktionary


HOE

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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