Hoe (tool) A farmer using a hoe to keep weeds down in a vegetable garden. A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and …

The meaning of HOE is any of various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking; especially : a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle used especially for cultivating, weeding, or loosening the earth …

HOE definition: 1. a garden tool with a long handle and a short blade used to remove weeds and break up the surface…. Learn more.

Hoe, one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging implement consisting of a blade set at a right angle to a long handle. Hoes have largely been replaced in agriculture by plows and harrows but are still …

Definition of hoe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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.

Dec 8, 2025 · hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed) (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. Every …

hoe (həu) noun a long-handled tool with a metal blade used for removing or destroying weeds etc.

HOE definition: Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment. See examples of Hoe used in a sentence.

hoe (hō), n., v., hoed, hoe•ing. n. Agriculture a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc. any of various …