資料來源 : pyDict
鋤頭用鋤耕地,鋤
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG.
houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to
cut.]
1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the
earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a
flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which
it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}.
{Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner
of a spade.
{Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator.
Hoe \Hoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hoeing}.] [Cf. F. houer.]
To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as,
to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or
to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe
corn.
{To hoe one's row}, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
Hoe \Hoe\, v. i.
To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hoe
n : a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long
handle
hoe
v : dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"