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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 [həʊ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) 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
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to dig, scrape, weed, or till (surface soil) with or as if with a hoe
[via Old French houe from Germanic: compare Old High German houwā, houwan to hew, German Haue hoe]
hoer  n
hoelike  adj
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 [həʊ]
A. Nazada f, azadón m
B. VT [+ earth] → azadonar, trabajar con la azada; [+ crop] → sachar

hoe [ˈhəʊ]
n (for gardening)houe f, binette f
vt [+ ground] → biner; [+ plants] → sarcler

hoe
nHacke f
vtihacken

hoe [həʊ]
1. nzappa
2. vt (ground) → zappare; (weeds) → sarchiare

hoe [həʊ]
1. nzappa
2. vt (ground) → zappare; (weeds) → sarchiare

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 hara 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 harata sarcler לַעֲדוֹר कुदाल चलाना, गोड़ना okapati kapál menyiangi uppræta illgresi með (arfa)sköfu zappare, sarchiare くわを入れる 괭이질하다 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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Nemmar A, Hoer PH, Vanquickenborne B, Dinsdale D, Thomeer M, Hoylaerts MF, et al.
RS: For the last Documenta, Hoer worked very closely with Bart de Baere and Denis Zacharopoulos, and Pier Luigi Tazzi.
Creatinine adjustment was used to correct for urine dilution (Jackson 1966); only those urine samples with creatinine values [greater than or equal to] 300 mg/L were included in the analysis because those with values < 300 mg/L are too dilute to provide results that can be interpreted correctly (Lauwerys and Hoer 1993).
 
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