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hoe

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1. hoe - Noun

2. hoe - Verb

3. Hoe - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

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 use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Douglas William Jerrold

First-time novelists have a tough row to hoe. Our publishers don't have a lot of promotional budget to throw at unknown factors like us. Mostly, we rise and fall based on word-of-mouth. Cory Doctorow

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world. Edwin Markham

A stone that is visible cannot destroy a hoe. Rwandan Proverb

As you pay the price with the fertilizer, the hoe and pruning determines the harvest of the olives. Sicilian Proverb

Treat your guest as a guest for two days - then on the third day give him a hoe. African Proverb

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