Hoe

noun

Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.nounAn agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.

2.nounThe horned or piked dogfish.

3.verbTo cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.

"Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration."

4.verbTo clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

"to hoe corn"

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