He watched her arms rise and fall as the hoe struck the knotted soil.
Ballard, J. G. RUSHING TO PARADISE (2004)
Word lists with
hoe
tool
In other languages
hoe
British English: hoe 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.
American English: hoe
Brazilian Portuguese: enxada
Chinese: 锄头
European Spanish: azadón
French: binette
German: Hacke
Italian: zappa
Japanese: くわ
Korean: 괭이
European Portuguese: enxada
Latin American Spanish: azadón
British English: hoe 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.
American English: hoe
Brazilian Portuguese: capinar
Chinese: 锄头
European Spanish: cavar con el azadón
French: sarcler
German: hacken
Italian: zappare
Japanese: くわで耕す
Korean: 괭이질 하다
European Portuguese: capinar
Latin American Spanish: cavar con el azadón
All related terms of 'hoe'
hoe in
to eat food heartily
Dutch hoe
a type of hoe in which the head consists of a two-edged cross-blade attached to two prongs or of a single pressing of this shape
grub hoe
a heavy hoe for grubbing up roots
hoe into
to eat ( food ) heartily
scuffle hoe
a hoe with a flat blade , pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
hard row to hoe
anything difficult or wearisome to do
a hard row to hoe
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.