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See also: Hoe, hoë, hö, hō'ē, hòe, hoè, and hoé

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Horom with e as a placeholder.

Symbol

hoe

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Horom.

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    hoe (plural hoes)

    2. Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
      1. (when not otherwise specified) 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.
        Synonym: hand hoe
        Hyponyms: action hoe, adze hoe, adz hoe, 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, hoedad, hoop hoe, Italian hoe, mortar hoe, pattern hoe, Paxton hoe, prong hoe, ridging hoe, scuffle hoe, swivel hoe, Warren hoe
        Coordinate terms: wheel hoe, backhoe, trackhoe
        For their organic row crops, they do the weeding with hoes. They get in there often, but it goes fast, and the weeds never get ahead.
        • 2009, TRU TV, 28 March:
          It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.
      2. Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
        Hyponyms: wheel hoe, horse hoe, backhoe, trackhoe
        The grading is on hold. In the meantime, get that hoe over here and work on this utility trench. [Instructions issued to a worker who will operate a backhoe]
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    Verb

    hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

    1. (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
      to hoe the earth in a garden
      Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.
      I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.
    2. (transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
      to hoe corn
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    Etymology 2

      From a non-rhotic pronunciation of whore.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      hoe (plural hoes)

      2. (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
        Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
        • 1973, “Spoon”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:
          Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoes
        • 1994, 0:00 from the start, in Juicy‎ (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
          Fuck all you hoes.
          Get a grip, motherfucker.
        • 2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap‎:
          […] this chapter […] will […] explore why pimp (and hoe) characters, with their dramatic staging of gendered and occupational relations […] have taken such hold of the black youth imagination
        • 2003, Dan Harrington, The Good Eye‎:
          At school they had been among the only couples that had not done “it” at the Pimp & Hoe parties that popped up occasionally at the dorm
        • 2023 June 9, John Mac Ghlionn, “The new Andrew Tate: Toxic ‘manosphere’ podcaster claims ‘all women are whores’”, in New York Post‎:
          On the podcast, Gaines and his co-host Walter Weekes (Fresh), regularly refer to women as “hoes” or 304s (304 on an upside-down calculator looks like the word “hoe”).
        • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hoe.
      Derived terms

      Verb

      hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)

      1. (US, slang) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
        • 2003, Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp‎:
          Pimpin’ came so naturally to MT when he and his sisters played pimp and hoe games that one of his sisters wanted to hoe for him when they grew up.
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      Etymology 3

        From Middle English hough, hogh, from Old English hōh.

        Alternative forms

        Noun

        hoe (plural hoes)

        2. A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
        Usage notes

        Etymology 4

          Cognate with Dutch haai (“shark”), qv.

          Noun

          hoe (plural hoes)

          1. (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

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          Afrikaans

          Etymology

          From Dutch hoe.

          Pronunciation

          Adverb

          hoe

          1. how

          Angor

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          hoe

          1. water

          References

          'Are'are

          Noun

          hoe

          1. friend

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          Dutch

          Etymology

          From Middle Dutch hoe, from Old Dutch huo, from Proto-Germanic *hwō.

          Pronunciation

          Adverb

          hoe

          1. how

          Derived terms

          Descendants

          • Berbice Creole Dutch: ho
          • Jersey Dutch: hû
          • Negerhollands: hoe, ho, hue

          Conjunction

          hoe

          1. (hoe ... hoe, hoe ... des te) the ... the, forms a parallel comparative
            Synonym: des te
            Hoe meer hoe beter! ― The more the better!
            Hoe eerder hoe beter! ― The sooner the better!
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          Finnish

          Verb

          hoe

          1. inflection of hokea:
            1. present active indicative connegative
            2. second-person singular present imperative
            3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

          Garo

          Particle

          hoe

          1. yes, indeed

          Usage notes

          There is no real equivalent of an antonym to yes in Garo. When denoting negative sentences, attach the suffix -ja to the main verb.

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