Hoe Definition

hō
hoed, hoeing, hoes
noun
A tool with a thin, flat blade set across the end of a long handle, used for weeding, loosening soil, etc.
Webster's New World
The horned or piked dogfish.
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(US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho. A prostitute.

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A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.

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Synonyms:
verb
To dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe.
Webster's New World
To work with a hoe.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
To hoe the earth in a garden.
Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.
I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.
Wiktionary

(US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho. To act as a prostitute.

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Other Word Forms of Hoe

Noun

Singular:
hoe
Plural:
hoes

Origin of Hoe

  • From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwa (cf. Middle Dutch houwe), from *hauwan (“to hew”). More at hew.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English howe from Old French houe of Germanic origin kau- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • An eye dialect corruption of whore, from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of Ebonics.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English ho.

    From Wiktionary

Hoe Sentence Examples

  • The telephone rang and she dropped the hoe, racing for the house.

  • At the house she grabbed the hoe and started for the garden.

  • She shook the ugly thoughts from her head and straightened, leaning on the hoe as she glanced around the garden.

  • Among common forms of hoe are the ordinary FIG.

  • She dropped the hoe and mopped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOE

Words Ending With

EOEHOE

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