hoe or spade

  • 1Hoe — 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… …

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  • 2Spade — For other uses, see Spade (disambiguation). small spade for clay soil; the other one for sandy soil and loamy soil A spade is a tool designed primarily for the purpose of digging or removing earth.[1] Early spades were made of riven wood. After… …

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  • 3Hoe (tool) — For other uses, see Hoe (disambiguation). Azada redirects here. For video game by Big Fish Games, see Azada (video game). A person uses a hoe to cultivate vegetables. A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural tool used to move small amounts… …

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  • 4Hoe Avenue peace meeting — The Hoe Avenue peace meeting was an important gathering of New York street gangs on December 7, 1971 [Crime and Justice by Ramsey Clark page 192 Arno Press, 1974 ISBN 0405041675] .The meeting was held at the Boys Club on Hoe Ave with both gangs… …

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  • 5hoe — n 1. rake, trowel, spade, scuffle, scraper. v 2. dig, scrape, spade, rake; harrow, weed, delve, dibble; cultivate, till …

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  • 6hoe — Synonyms and related words: backset, cultivate, culture, cut, delve, dig, dress, fallow, fertilize, force, harrow, list, mulch, plow, prune, rake, spade, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, weed, weed out, work …

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  • 7spade — Synonyms and related words: American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, ace, backset, bail, best bower, black, black man,… …

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  • 8Dutch hoe — 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… …

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  • 9Horse hoe — 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… …

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  • 10Dutch hoe — noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling • Syn: ↑scuffle, ↑scuffle hoe • Hypernyms: ↑hoe * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized D : scuffle hoe * * * …

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