hoe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hoe	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hoe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoe n a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle v dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoe \Hoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoeing}.] [Cf. F. houer.] 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. {To hoe one's row}, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoe \Hoe\, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to cut.] 1. 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. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}. {Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. {Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator.