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The definition of a hoe is a gardening tool with a thin metal blade that is often used to break up dirt.

(noun)

A gardening tool with a thin metal blade that you use for weeding is an example of a hoe.

To hoe means to use a gardening tool to break up soil, weed or otherwise complete work in your garden or yard.

(verb)

When you dig, weed or cultivate in the soil, this is an example of a situation where you hoe.

See hoe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a tool with a thin, flat blade set across the end of a long handle, used for weeding, loosening soil, etc.

Origin: ME houe < OFr < OHG houwa < houwan, to cut, hew

transitive verb, intransitive verb hoed, hoeing

to dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe

Related Forms:

hoer noun

See hoe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tool with a flat blade attached approximately at a right angle to a long handle, used for weeding, cultivating, and gardening.

verb hoed hoed, hoe·ing, hoes

verb, transitive

To weed, cultivate, or dig up with a hoe.

verb, intransitive

To work with a hoe.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English howe

Origin: , from Old French houe

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see kau- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

hoˈer noun

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