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, hoeing hoe′·ing
to dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe
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