hoe /ˈho/
鋤頭(vt.)(vi.)用鋤耕地,鋤
Hoe n.
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.
2. Zool. The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] 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.
To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
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hoe
n : a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long
handle
v : dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"