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• hoe — ► NOUN ▪ a long handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for cutting through weeds at their roots. ► VERB (hoes, hoed, hoeing) 1) use a hoe to turn (earth) or cut through (weeds). 2) (hoe in) Austral./NZ informal eat eagerly …   English terms dictionary

• Hoe — Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoeing}.] [Cf. F. houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hoe´like´ — hoe «hoh», noun, verb, hoed, hoe|ing. –n. a tool with a thin blade set across the end of a long handle, used for loosening soil or cutting weeds. –v.t. to loosen, dig, or cut with a hoe: »to hoe a garden. –v.i. to use a hoe. ╂[< Old French… …   Useful english dictionary

• Hoe — Hoe, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hoe — [həu US hou] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: houe] a garden tool with a long handle, used for removing ↑weeds (=unwanted plants) from the surface of the soil >hoe v [I and T] ▪ Hoe the ground in spring …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Hoe (tool) — For other uses, see Hoe (disambiguation). Azada redirects here. For video game by Big Fish Games, see Azada (video game). A person uses a hoe to cultivate vegetables. A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural tool used to move small amounts… …   Wikipedia

• hoe — [[t]ho͟ʊ[/t]] hoes, hoeing, hoed 1) N COUNT A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil. 2) VERB If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the… …   English dictionary

• hoe — hoer, n. hoelike, adj. /hoh/, n., v., hoed, hoeing. n. 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,… …   Universalium

• hoe — I. /hoʊ / (say hoh) noun 1. a long handled implement with a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc. –verb (hoed, hoeing) –verb (t) 2. to dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a …  

• hoe — I. noun Etymology: Middle English howe, from Anglo French houe, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German houwa mattock, houwan to hew more at hew Date: 14th century 1. any of various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking; especially an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Hoe — /hoh/, n. 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. * * * ▪ agriculture       one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging… …   Universalium