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Hoe
1[hoh]
noun
Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
his father Robert, 1784–1833, U.S. manufacturer of printing presses.
hoe
2[hoh]
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.
any of various implements of similar form, as for mixing plaster or mortar.
verb (used with object)
to dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe.
verb (used without object)
to use a hoe.
hoe
/ həʊ /
noun
any of several kinds of long-handled hand implement equipped with a light blade and used to till the soil, eradicate weeds, etc
verb
to dig, scrape, weed, or till (surface soil) with or as if with a hoe
Other Word Forms
- hoer noun
- hoelike adjective
- unhoed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hoe1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
"But it's temporary," she sighed, standing barefoot in her freshly hoed soil.
Included were broken parts of picks, hoes, shovels, and axes.
Because of TV streaming platforms and other factors, he said, "in my take of things, it's going to be a very rough road to hoe now."
One had the word “hoe” written on her stomach in blood.
The moniker, which he created as a teenager, is a play on Pablo Picasso’s name mixed with an early 2010s social media term “art hoe.”
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