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hoe

1

[ hoh ]

noun

  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, as for mixing plaster or mortar.


verb (used with object)

, hoed, hoe·ing.
  1. to dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe.

verb (used without object)

, hoed, hoe·ing.
  1. to use a hoe.

Hoe

2

[ hoh ]

noun

  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.

hoe

/ həʊ /

noun

  1. any of several kinds of long-handled hand implement equipped with a light blade and used to till the soil, eradicate weeds, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to dig, scrape, weed, or till (surface soil) with or as if with a hoe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈhoer, noun
  • ˈhoeˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hoer noun
  • hoelike adjective
  • un·hoed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoe1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English howe, from Old French houe, from Germanic; compare Middle Dutch houwe, Old High German houwa “mattock”; akin to hew
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoe1

C14: via Old French houe from Germanic: compare Old High German houwā, houwan to hew , German Haue hoe
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Idioms and Phrases

see tough row to hoe .
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Example Sentences

Pollard got behind the wheel of a machine called a reverse hoe.

I 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."

In 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.

Whatever it was, the rebuke was convincing, for the woman dropped her hoe and went mumbling into the house.

The mode of culture is to plow between the rows and hoe the plants carefully.

He even tries to help her hoe those terrible rows of corn that has come up so beautifully and is growing so well.

The narrow or hilling hoe follows the operation of the sprouting hoe.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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