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hand-hoe

hand-hoe is the alternative spelling of hand hoe.

Meaning of hand hoe

Noun

hand hoe (plural hand hoes)

  1. The traditional type of hoe used by hand (via manual labor), as contrasted with a wheel hoe, horse hoe, backhoe, or others.
    • The Cultivator, or Horse Hoe.—This is an instrument not as much known and used as it deserves and ought to be. It is adapted for operations between the plough and harrow, and at certain times is much better than either. It is half a plough, half harrow, and half hoe, and does all these operations...1841, Jesse Buel, quoting Dr. Beekman, The Farmers' Instructor. Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the...
  2. A lightweight, short-handled hoe especially suited to one-handed use.

Verb

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

  1. To hoe by hand, using a hand hoe.
    • The Cultivator, or Horse Hoe.—This is an instrument not as much known and used as it deserves and ought to be. It is adapted for operations between the plough and harrow, and at certain times is much better than either. It is half a plough, half harrow, and half hoe, and does all these operations...1841, Jesse Buel, quoting Dr. Beekman, The Farmers' Instructor. Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the...

Forms of hand-hoe

Noun
pluralhand-hoes
Verb
third-person singular presenthand-hoes
present participlehand-hoeing
past participlehand-hoed
pasthand-hoed

Questions about hand-hoe

What does hand-hoe mean?
Hand-hoe means to hoe by hand, using a hand hoe.
What is hand-hoe the alternative spelling of?
Hand-hoe is the alternative spelling of hand hoe.
What part of speech is hand-hoe?
Hand-hoe is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand-hoe?
The past tense of hand-hoe is hand-hoed.

Words near hand-hoe in the dictionary

  1. hand-grips
  2. hand-held
  3. hand-held console
  4. hand-held terminal
  5. hand-helds
  6. hand-hoe
  7. hand-hoed
  8. hand-hoeing
  9. hand-hoes
  10. hand-hold
  11. hand-holding

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