hoe
(hoʊ )
Word forms: hoes , hoeing , hoed
1. countable noun
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.
2. verb
If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the weeds or soil there.
I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes. [VERB noun]
Today he was hoeing in the vineyard. [VERB]
3. a hard row to hoe phrase [NOUN inflects]
If you say that someone has a hard row to hoe or a tough row to hoe, you mean that they are in a difficult situation and have many problems to deal with.
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Idioms:
a tough row to hoe
a situation which is very difficult to deal with
I think, however, that in a criminal prosecution against the police, the prosecutor has a very tough row to hoe.
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Translations:
Chinese: 锄头, 锄头
Japanese: くわ, くわで耕す
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- bizarre claim
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