hoe

  • 21hoe — hoe1 [ hou ] noun count a tool with a long handle used for turning the soil in a garden hoe hoe 2 [ hou ] verb intransitive or transitive to turn soil using a hoe …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22hoe n — Santa Claus new hobby: Gardening. Hoe, hoe, hoe! see picture …

    English expressions

  • 23hoe — hoe1 noun a long handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding. verb (hoes, hoeing, hoed) 1》 use a hoe to dig up (earth or plants). 2》 (hoe in) Austral./NZ informal eat eagerly.     ↘(hoe into) attack or criticize.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 24hoe — [[t]hoʊ[/t]] n. v. hoed, hoe•ing 1) agr. a long handled implement with a thin, flat blade usu. set transversely, used esp. in breaking up the soil and in weeding 2) any of various implements of similar form, as for mixing plaster 3) agr. to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25hoe — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 26hoe — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 27hoe — I. noun Etymology: Middle English howe, from Anglo French houe, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German houwa mattock, houwan to hew more at hew Date: 14th century 1. any of various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking; especially an… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28Hoe — /hoh/, n. 1. Richard, 1812 86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing press equipment. 2. his father, Robert, 1784 1833, U.S. manufacturer of printing presses. * * * ▪ agriculture       one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging… …

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  • 29hoe — See: hard row to hoe or tough row to hoe …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 30hoe — həʊ n. flat bladed garden tool v. weed with a hoe; break up the earth with a hoe …

    English contemporary dictionary