hoeing

Verb

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

1. (ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
   • to hoe the earth in a garden
2. (transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
   • to hoe corn

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Verb (1)

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

1. (US, ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To act as a ho, to prostitute.
   • She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men.2003 November 18, Greywolf Johnson, “Do you know any of these? ”, in alt.strange.days (Usenet)

Verb (2)

ho

1. (US, obsolete, slang, vulgar) To care, be anxious, to long.
   • To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.1787, Francis Grose, “Ho”, in A Provincial Glossary: […]

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