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hoe
(hō)n.
A tool with a flat blade attached approximately at a right angle to a long handle, used for weeding, cultivating, and gardening.
v. hoed, hoe·ing, hoes
v.tr.
To weed, cultivate, or dig up with a hoe.
v.intr.
To work with a hoe.
ho′er n.
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hoe
(həʊ)n
(Agriculture) any of several kinds of long-handled hand implement equipped with a light blade and used to till the soil, eradicate weeds, etc
vb, hoes, hoeing or hoed
(Agriculture) to dig, scrape, weed, or till (surface soil) with or as if with a hoe
[C14: via Old French houe from Germanic: compare Old High German houwā, houwan to hew, German Haue hoe]
ˈhoer n
ˈhoeˌlike adj
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hoe
(hoʊ)n., v. hoed, hoe•ing. n.
1. a long-handled implement with a thin, flat blade usu. set transversely, used esp. in breaking up the soil and in weeding.
2. any of various implements of similar form, as for mixing plaster.
v.t. 3. to scrape, weed, or cultivate with a hoe.
v.i. 4. to use a hoe.
[1325–75; Middle English howe < Old French houe < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch houwe, Old High German houwa mattock; akin to hew]
ho′er, n.
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hoe
Past participle: hoed
Gerund: hoeing
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Noun | 1. | hoe - a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle hoe handle - the handle of a hoe tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
Verb | 1. | hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds" till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" |
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Translations
مِعْزَقَه، مِجْرَفَهيَعْزِقُ الأرْض، يُزيل الأعْشاب
motykaokopat
lugelugejern
kuokka
kapakapál
hlújárn, arfaskafauppræta illgresi meî sköfu
kauptukaskaupuoti
kaplētkaplis
motykaokopať
motika
hoe
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hoe
(həu) noun a long-handled tool with a metal blade used for removing or destroying weeds etc.
verb – present participle ˈhoeing – to use a hoe eg to remove or destroy weeds. This morning I hoed the garden/weeds.
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