English Explanatory Dictionary

hoe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
  2. An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
  3. Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
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.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
noun
  1. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
noun
  1. The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
name
  1. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF995211).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

hō /həʊ/ /hoʊ/ /hoʉ/ En-au-hoe.ogg

Word forms

hoe hoes hoeing hoed ho 'ho hough

Etymology

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā, derivative of Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną. More at hew.

Synonyms

hand hoe abandons alley cat almah bangtail Bankside lady bargirl bat beotch blouze blowen blowsabella brass nail brasser brass broad business girl calico queen callet cat chippy chromo coaster cockatrice cocotte comfort girl comfort woman commoner Covent Garden nun creature of the night croshabell daughter of joy dollymop doxy drab Dutch widow escort fille de joie flap floozie fornicatrix frail sister Fulham virgin gamester gay lady geebag gillian gill girl rented overnight good-time girl GRO hackney harlot Haymarket ware hireling 'ho hoer hoe hook hooker

Related words

mattock pick rake

Derived words

action hoe adze hoe adz hoe backhoe clam hoe collineal hoe collinear hoe double hoe draw hoe drill hoe Dutch hoe eye hoe flower hoe fork hoe grab hoe grubbing hoe grub hoe hand hoe hoecake hoedad hoedown hoe-farming hoelike hoe nightshade hoop hoe horse hoe Italian hoe mortar hoe pattern hoe Paxton hoe prong hoe rakehoe ridging hoe scuffle hoe swivel hoe swoe Warren hoe wheel hoe hard row to hoe hoe in hoe into hoe one's row long row to hoe row to hoe tough row to hoe unhoed art hoe bros before hoes captain save a hoe hoebag hoeflation hoeism hoejabi hoes before bros scare the hoes you can't turn a hoe into a housewife hoe around
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