English > hoe: 2 senses > verb 1, creationMeaning | dig with a hoe. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
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Example | "He is hoeing the flower beds" |
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Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
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Entails | dig, delve, cut into, turn over | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
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Broader | till | Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
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Spanish | azadonar, cavar con azadón, sachar |
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Catalan | birbar, eixarcolar, treballar amb l'aixada |
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Nouns | hoe | a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle |
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