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hoe´like´ — hoe «hoh», noun, verb, hoed, hoe|ing. –n. a tool with a thin blade set across the end of a long handle, used for loosening soil or cutting weeds. –v.t. to loosen, dig, or cut with a hoe: »to hoe a garden. –v.i. to use a hoe. ╂[< Old French… … Useful english dictionary
Hoe — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoe — [həu US hou] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: houe] a garden tool with a long handle, used for removing ↑weeds (=unwanted plants) from the surface of the soil >hoe v [I and T] ▪ Hoe the ground in spring … Dictionary of contemporary English
hoe — [hō] n. [ME houe < OFr < OHG houwa < houwan, to cut, HEW] a tool with a thin, flat blade set across the end of a long handle, used for weeding, loosening soil, etc. vt., vi. hoed, hoeing to dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe hoer n … English World dictionary
Hoe (tool) — For other uses, see Hoe (disambiguation). Azada redirects here. For video game by Big Fish Games, see Azada (video game). A person uses a hoe to cultivate vegetables. A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural tool used to move small amounts… … Wikipedia
hoe — hoer, n. hoelike, adj. /hoh/, n., v., hoed, hoeing. n. 1. a long handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc. 2. any of various implements of similar form,… … Universalium
Hoe — /hoh/, n. 1. Richard, 1812 86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing press equipment. 2. his father, Robert, 1784 1833, U.S. manufacturer of printing presses. * * * ▪ agriculture one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging… … Universalium
hoe — [[t]ho͟ʊ[/t]] hoes, hoeing, hoed 1) N COUNT A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil. 2) VERB If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the… … English dictionary
hoe — I UK [həʊ] / US [hoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms hoe : singular hoe plural hoes a tool with a long handle used for turning over the soil in a garden II UK [həʊ] / US [hoʊ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hoe : present tense… … English dictionary
hoe — 1. noun /həʊ/ a) An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows. It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe. b) A prostitute … Wiktionary
