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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoe \Hoe\, noun [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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoe \Hoe\, verb (used with an object) [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.
{To hoe one's row}, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hoe \Hoe\, verb (used without an object) To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hoe
noun: a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
verb: dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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