HOE, noun ho. A farmer's instrument for cutting up weeds and loosening the earth in fields and gardens. It is in shape something like an adz, being a plate of iron, with an eye for a handle, which is set at an acute angle with the plate. HOE, verb transitive To cut, dig, scrape or clean with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; to hoe the beds. 1. To clear from weeds; as, to hoe maiz; to hoe cabbages. HOE, verb intransitive To use a hoe
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