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HOE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hoe" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Meronyms (parts of "hoe"):
hoe handle (the handle of a hoe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoe"):
Dutch hoe; scuffle; scuffle hoe (a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling)
Derivation:
hoe (dig with a hoe)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hoe ... he / she / it hoes
Past simple: hoed
-ing form: hoeing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
He is hoeing the flower beds
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "hoe" is one way to...):
till (work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation)
"Hoe" entails doing...:
cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
hoe (a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle)