hoe
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.
to dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe.
to use a hoe.
Origin of hoe
1Other words from hoe
- hoer, noun
- hoelike, adjective
- un·hoed, adjective
Words Nearby hoe
Other definitions for Hoe (2 of 2)
Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
his father, Robert, 1784–1833, U.S. manufacturer of printing presses.
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How to use hoe in a sentence
Pollard got behind the wheel of a machine called a reverse hoe.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI think that this is a very tough row to hoe, an a transformation that will take place over decades if it happens at all.
Simpson slumped around for a bit, and then, in an awkward coup de grace, proceeded to dance what she later called a "hoe-down."
Hey Beyoncé, Whitney Houston Lip Synced, Too (Video) | The Daily Beast Video | January 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a category called "About Cleveland" it reads: "im a hoe and I sleep with anybody and anything that has a DIKK."
Her worn-out blue petticoat is lighted up by a moonbeam; in her hand she appears to have a hoe.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
Whatever it was, the rebuke was convincing, for the woman dropped her hoe and went mumbling into the house.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe mode of culture is to plow between the rows and hoe the plants carefully.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.He even tries to help her hoe those terrible rows of corn that has come up so beautifully and is growing so well.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondThe narrow or hilling hoe follows the operation of the sprouting hoe.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for hoe
/ (həʊ) /
any of several kinds of long-handled hand implement equipped with a light blade and used to till the soil, eradicate weeds, etc
to dig, scrape, weed, or till (surface soil) with or as if with a hoe
Origin of hoe
1Derived forms of hoe
- hoer, noun
- hoelike, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hoe
see tough row to hoe.
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