Hoe /(?)/
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. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Dutch hoe
- one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
- Horse hoe
- a kind of cultivator.
Hoe
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Hoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- To hoe one's row
- to do one's share of a job.
Hoe
v. i.
- To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.