Thesaurus: hoe

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1. 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.
2. n. The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
3. 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.
4. v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
5. n. a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
6. n. A sexually loose woman
7. v. dig with a hoe
8. 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. (Zoöl.) 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. 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.] To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
9. The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one havingthe blade set for use in the manner of a spade.-- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
10. v:31/n:69 n. a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle v. dig with a hoe