Hoe

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoe
       n : a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long
           handle
       v : dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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