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Uncommonhoe
The correct spelling is hoe.
How to pronounce hoe
/həʊ/
nounIPA: /həʊ/
Say it like: Hoe
The correct spelling is hoe. An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows. For example: "Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration."
Usage Examples
“Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.”
“to hoe corn”
“Bros before hoes!”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
- 2.The horned or piked dogfish.
- 3.A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
- 4.Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
- 5.A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
verb
- 1.To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
- 2.To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
- 3.To care, be anxious, long.
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