HOES
Noun
hoes
plural of hoe
plural of ho
Verb
hoes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoe
Anagrams
• HEOs, Heos, Shoe, hose, shoe
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