Hoe
Hoe , noun
[Old French hoe, French houe; of German origin, compare Old High German houwa, howa, German haue, from Old High German 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.
(Zoology) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
Collocations (2)
Dutch hoe , one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
Horse hoe , a kind of cultivator.
Hoe , transitive verb
[Compare French 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.
Collocations (1)
To hoe one's row , to do one's share of a job. [Colloquial]
Hoe , intransitive verb
To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.