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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hoe /hoʊ/USA pronunciation n., v., hoed, hoe•ing. n. [countable] - Agriculturea long-handled tool with a flat, square blade, used esp. in breaking up soil and in weeding.
v. - Agricultureto use a hoe: [~ + object]hoeing the garden.[no object]out in the garden hoeing.
ho•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hoe (hō),USA pronunciation n., v., hoed, hoe•ing. n. - Agriculturea long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- any of various implements of similar form, as for mixing plaster or mortar.
v.t. - Agricultureto dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe.
v.i. - Agricultureto use a hoe.
- Gmc; compare Middle Dutch houwe, Old High German houwa mattock; akin to hew
- Old French houe
- Middle English howe 1325–75
- Biographical Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- Biographicalhis father, Robert, 1784–1833, U.S. manufacturer of printing presses.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hoe /həʊ/ n - 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, hoed)- to dig, scrape, weed, or till (surface soil) with or as if with a hoe
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French houe from Germanic: compare Old High German houwā, houwan to hew, German Haue hoeˈhoer n |