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hoe Definition

hoe ()

noun

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

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb hoed, hoe·ing

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

hoe Related Forms
hoer noun
hoe Synonyms

hoe

n.

digger, scraper, scuffle hoe, warren hoe, garden hoe, grub hoe, weeding hoe, wheel hoe, cultivator; see also tool 1.

hoe Usage Examples

Object

  • crop: In hoed crops the weed is easily dealt with, in leys plants may need to be hand pulled.
  • field: His friends had hoed the fields and reaped more barley than wheat until Sepphoris demanded more wheat than barley.
  • turnip: Another, Turnips all hoed, Barley, Wheat, Beans weeded by sheep.
  • row: I got him to show me what he would do with it and he used it for hoeing in-between rows.
  • ground: Continuing to hoe the ground will help keep these at bay and will hopefully put off the slugs.

Converse of object

  • use: I used to use a hoe, now I can use the cow to plow.

Adjective modifier

  • rotary: Increasing the forward speed of the rotary hoes does not improve the level of weed control.

Modifies a noun

  • blade: Hoe blades are mainly ' A ' or ' L ' shaped when viewed in plan.
  • course: Next door to a gold driving range and 9 hoe course, with many golf courses nearby.

Modifying Another Word

  • regularly: Keep well watered, liquid feed twice to promote rapid growth, hoe regularly.
  • then: Then hoed with a short handled hoe Asparagus has been very thorough.
  • just: Just hoe through them, leave them to dry or collect them for the compost heap.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: Or use the compost where weeds can be hoed off easily.

Followed by a transitive particle

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  • off: Leave the prepared seed bed for 2-3 weeks, then hoe off the emerging weeds Sow immediately into the prepared, weed free bed.

Particle object:

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Noun used with modifier

  • steerage: In many of these crops, good weed control could be achieved using steerage hoes without the need for hand labor.
  • inter-row: Around a month later will use the inter-row hoe to get the better rooted weeds e.g. vol.
  • chisel: A sharpening stone should always be carried with the chisel hoe.
  • brush: After planting we use a customized brush hoe with mini ridgers for most of the weeding and then hand weed when necessary.
hoe Quotes

The cure for this ill is not to sit still, Or frowst with a book by the fire; But to take a large hoe and a shovel also, And dig till you gently perspire.

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

—Jerrold, Douglas William