hoe - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hoe' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hoe

[ n.]

- A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
- The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

2 . Hoe

[ v. i.]

- To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

3 . Hoe

[ v. t.]

- 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 hoe; as, to hoe corn.

Meaning of 'hoe' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hoe

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- dig with a hoe

Example in sentence:

He is hoeing the flower beds

Nearby Words:

hoecake hoed hoeing hoemother

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Brake shoes
Brake shoes curved metal platforms faced with a friction material that is pressed against the inside of a brake drum to slow or stop the car.

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