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Word: Hoe
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French houe, of Germanic origin; related to German Haue, also to hew
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
həʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding
Short Definition:gardening tool
Examples:- loosen the dry soil with a hoe
Word: Hoe
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
həʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
use a hoe to dig (earth) or thin out or dig up (plants)
Short Definition:use hoe to dig earth etc.
Examples:- we were out in the fields, planting crops and hoeing weeds
Definition:
eat eagerly
Short Definition:eat eagerly
Examples:- we hoed in like a horde of hungry locusts
- he's hoeing into the cheese now
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