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hoe

noun

🔊/həʊ/

🔊/həʊ/

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a garden tool with a long handle and a thin metal blade, used for breaking up soil and removing weeds (= plants growing where they are not wanted)锄头
Topics Gardensc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French houe, of Germanic origin; related to German Haue, also to hew.

hoe

verb

🔊/həʊ/

🔊/həʊ/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they hoe	🔊/həʊ/ 🔊/həʊ/
he / she / it hoes	🔊/həʊz/ 🔊/həʊz/
past simple hoed	🔊/həʊd/ 🔊/həʊd/
past participle hoed	🔊/həʊd/ 🔊/həʊd/
-ing form hoeing	🔊/ˈhəʊɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈhəʊɪŋ/

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hoe (something) to break up soil, remove plants, etc. with a hoe用锄头锄地（或除草）
- to hoe the flower beds用锄头给花坛除草松土
Topics Gardensc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French houe, of Germanic origin; related to German Haue, also to hew.