hoe UK /həʊ/US /hoʊ/noun 5verb 2forms 3phrases 4 noun5 •Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials. •An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.For their organic row crops, they do the weeding with hoes. They get in there often, but it goes fast, and the weeds never get ahead. •Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.The grading is on hold. In the meantime, get that hoe over here and work on this utility trench. [Instructions issued to a worker who will operate a backhoe] •A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory. •The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias. verb2 •To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden. •To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the gate! — 1902 formshoed · hoeing · hoes Phrases with hoe hoe inTo eat a large volume of food; to begin eating with gusto. hoe intoTo attack (someone or something). hoe one's rowTo do one's share of a job. long row to hoeA difficult, arduous task or set of tasks; a lengthy, demanding project.
