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hoe

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hoe  (h)
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.

[Middle English howe, from Old French houe, of Germanic origin; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

hoer n.
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hoe

hoe
Noun
a long-handled implement used to loosen the soil or to weed
Verb
[hoeing, hoed]
to scrape or weed with a hoe [Germanic]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hoehoe - a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
hoe handle - the handle of a hoe
Dutch hoe, scuffle hoe, scuffle - a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Verb1.hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"
farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"
Translations
hoe [həu] nazadón m
vtazadonar

hoe [həu] nhoue f, binette f
vt [+ ground] → biner [+ plants etc]; sarcler

hoe [həu] nHacke f
vthacken

hoe [həu] nzappa
vt [+ ground] → zappare

hoe
n hoe [həu]
a long-handled tool with a metal blade used for removing or destroying weeds etc. skoffelpik مِعْزَقَه، مِجْرَفَه мотика motyka lugejern die Hacke τσάπα azada, azadón kõblas بیل kuokka binette מַעדֵר कुदाल motika kapa pangkur, cangkul hlújárn, arfaskafa zappa くわ 괭이 kauptukas kaplis cangkul zeis hakke motyka enxada sapă мотыга motyka motika motika hacka จอบ çapa 鋤頭 мотика; сапа لمبے دستے والا بیلچا نما کھرپا cái cuốc 锄头
vpresent participle ˈhoeing
to use a hoe eg to remove or destroy weeds This morning I hoed the garden/weeds. skoffel, grond losmaak يَعْزِقُ الأرْض، يُزيل الأعْشاب прекопавам okopat luge hacken τσαπίζω, ξεριζώνω azadonar, cavar kõplama بيل زدن kuokkia sarcler לַעֲדוֹר कुदाल चलाना, गोड़ना okapati kapál menyiangi uppræta illgresi með (arfa)sköfu zappare, sarchiare くわを入れる 괭이로 제초하다 kaupuoti kaplēt mencangkul zeisen, wieden hakke, hyppe gracować sachar a săpa выпалывать okopať okopati, opleti okopati hacka, rensa med hacka พรวน çapalamak сапати, полоти کھرپے کی مدد سے گھاس پھوس صاف کرنا cuốc; xới


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Not surely her cousin Hepzibah's, who had no taste nor spirits for the lady-like employment of cultivating flowers, and--with her recluse habits, and tendency to shelter herself within the dismal shadow of the house--would hardly have come forth under the speck of open sky to weed and hoe among the fraternity of beans and squashes.
Whatever it was, the rebuke was convincing, for the woman dropped her hoe and went mumbling into the house.
A whaleman's nipper is a short firm strip of tendinous stuff cut from the tapering part of Leviathan's tail: it averages an inch in thickness, and for the rest, is about the size of the iron part of a hoe.
 
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