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 hoe; as, to hoe corn. [1913 Webster]

To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]

[1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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 of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. [1913 Webster]

Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.

Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Hoe \Hoe\, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "hoe": backset, cultivate, culture, cut, delve, dig, dress, fallow, fertilize, force, harrow, list, mulch, plow, prune, rake, spade, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, weed, weed out, work

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hoe

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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 of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.

Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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 hoe; as, to hoe corn.

To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hoe \Hoe\, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)