- hoe
- See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Hoe — Nombre coreano Hangul 회 … Wikipedia Español
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hoe — oder Hoè ist der Name folgender Orte: Hoe (Norfolk), Dorf im District Breckland in Norfolk in England Hoè, Ortsteil der Gemeinde Santa Maria Hoè in der Provinz Lecco in der Region Lombardei in Italien Hoe ist der Familienname folgender Personen:… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hoe — hoe; ke·hoe·ite; ma·hoe; ta·hoe; tuck·a·hoe; arap·a·hoe; co·hoe; … English syllables
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hoe — Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoe — ► NOUN ▪ a long handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for cutting through weeds at their roots. ► VERB (hoes, hoed, hoeing) 1) use a hoe to turn (earth) or cut through (weeds). 2) (hoe in) Austral./NZ informal eat eagerly … English terms dictionary
hoe — [həu US hou] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: houe] a garden tool with a long handle, used for removing ↑weeds (=unwanted plants) from the surface of the soil >hoe v [I and T] ▪ Hoe the ground in spring … Dictionary of contemporary English
hoe in — ˌhoe ˈin [intransitive] [he/she/it hoes in present participle hoeing in past tense hoed in past participle hoed in … Useful english dictionary
hoe — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. houe (12c.), from Frankish *hauwa, from P.Gmc. *hawwan (Cf. O.H.G. houwa hoe, mattock, pick axe, Ger. Haue), from PIE *kau to hew, strike (see HEW (Cf. hew)). The verb is first recorded early 15c. Related: Hoed; hoeing … Etymology dictionary
hoe — [hō] n. [ME houe < OFr < OHG houwa < houwan, to cut, HEW] a tool with a thin, flat blade set across the end of a long handle, used for weeding, loosening soil, etc. vt., vi. hoed, hoeing to dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe hoer n … English World dictionary
