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hoe
1[ 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
2[ 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
/ ³óəʊ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó´Ç±ð°ù, noun
- ˈ³ó´Ç±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó´Çİù noun
- ³ó´Ç±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³ó´Ç±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hoe1
Idioms and Phrases
see tough row to hoe .Example Sentences
One account said the Russians paid the Kashia Pomo people already living there “three blankets, two axes, three hoes, and a miscellaneous assortment of beads†for the use of the land.
Among the strategies Weller recommended are inter-row hoeing, which helps suppress weeds; thermal weeding, which uses heat to kill weeds; and bio-herbicides, which use microorganisms for weed control.
The last stretch of the journey to Cynthia takes me along a dirt track, past meandering cattle, a man hoeing his vegetable patch, and groups of women and children returning from church.
A hoe, a saw, a rake...none of these were big enough.
He then said his final words to her before he was hacked to death with a 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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