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Meaning of hoe

Wordnet

hoe (n)

a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle

Wordnet

hoe (v)

dig with a hoe

Webster

hoe (n.)

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.

The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

Webster

hoe (v. t.)

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.

Webster

hoe (v. i.)

To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

hoe Sentence Examples

  1. She used the hoe to dig up weeds in the garden.
  2. The farmer grabbed his hoe to till the soil before planting crops.
  3. In rural areas, a hoe is an essential tool for maintaining fields and gardens.
  4. As the sun beat down, the farmer sweated profusely while wielding the heavy hoe.
  5. The handle of the hoe was worn smooth from years of use.
  6. She balanced the hoe on her shoulder as she walked back to the farmhouse.
  7. Using a hoe requires proper technique to avoid straining one's back.
  8. The gardeners lined up their hoes against the shed when they finished their work.
  9. The wooden handle of the hoe was engraved with the initials of its owner.
  10. He felt a sense of satisfaction as he surveyed the neatly hoed rows of soil in the garden.

FAQs About the word hoe

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She used the hoe to dig up weeds in the garden.

The farmer grabbed his hoe to till the soil before planting crops.

In rural areas, a hoe is an essential tool for maintaining fields and gardens.

As the sun beat down, the farmer sweated profusely while wielding the heavy hoe.