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.
is hoeing
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present progressiveof hoe (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One of these queens, so tenderly cared for, is hoeing corn, while her five-months-old baby—the youngest of nine children—lies on the grass while she works.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The rows are never long enough, nor the hours, nor the muscles strong enough either, when there is hoeing to do.
From The Hills of Hingham by Dallas Lore Sharp
Amasa is hoeing in the celery, which looks good, and the birds are singing and calling all about.
From My Boyhood by John Burroughs
He is hoeing his radishes and worrying because the laundry has torn one of his white collars.
From Marching Men by Sherwood Anderson
