A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and harvest root crops. Shaping the soil includes piling soil around the base of …

The meaning of HOE is any of various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking; especially : a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle used especially for cultivating, weeding, or loosening the earth …

The short-handled hoe, used by workers in the field, was a tool that came to symbolize the exploitation that farm workers suffered for decades.

Definition of hoe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Hoe, one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging implement consisting of a blade set at a right angle to a long handle. Hoes have largely been replaced in agriculture by plows and harrows but are still …

A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil.

hoe /hoʊ/ n., v., hoed, hoe•ing. n. [countable] Agriculture a long-handled tool with a flat, square blade, used esp. in breaking up soil and in weeding. v. Agriculture to use a hoe: [~ + object] hoeing the …

HOE definition: Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment. See examples of Hoe used in a sentence.

hoe (həu) noun a long-handled tool with a metal blade used for removing or destroying weeds etc.

Dec 8, 2025 · hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed) (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. Every …