hoe
hoe (hō)
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
n.
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
- down: Barn dance bands, ceilidh bands, hoe down bands UK THANK YOU LETTERS 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004.
- 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:
- band: Barn dance bands, ceilidh bands, hoe down bands UK THANK YOU LETTERS 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004.
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.
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.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
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