Hoe /(?)/

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. The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
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

  1. 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.

Phrases & Compounds
To hoe one's row
to do one's share of a job.

Hoe

v. i.
  1. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.