hoe
noun
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
has hoed
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present perfectof hoe (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Flood, remarried and remorseful that in his career he "has hoed a narrow row," assigns Margaret's case to a talented younger colleague.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he has taken the provender or rations and has enfeebled the oxen, he shall make it good from the corn he has hoed.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
If he has taken the seed, worn out the oxen, from the seed which he has hoed he shall restore.
From The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
