Definitions for: Hoe

[n] a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
[v] dig with a hoe

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.]

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

See Also: cut into, delve, dig, Dutch hoe, hoe handle, scuffle, scuffle hoe, till, tool, turn over

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