hoe

hoe
    n 1: a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long
         handle
    v 1: dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"
    

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 hoe; as, to hoe
   corn.
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   {To hoe one's row}, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
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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 of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which
      it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
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   2. (Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}.
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   {Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner
      of a spade.

   {Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator.
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Hoe \Hoe\, v. i.
   To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
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24 Moby Thesaurus words for "hoe":
      backset, cultivate, culture, cut, delve, dig, dress, fallow,
      fertilize, force, harrow, list, mulch, plow, prune, rake, spade,
      thin, thin out, till, till the soil, weed, weed out, work