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# hoe

«hoe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A garden tool with a long handle and a flat blade, used…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hoe, hoes); verb (hoe, hoes, hoed, hoeing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A garden tool with a long handle and a flat blade, used to cut weeds and loosen the soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#m1)

2) (verb) To dig, weed or loosen soil with a hoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#m2)

3) (rude, slang) A spelling of «ho», a very rude insulting word for a woman; not for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and gardening lessons: a hoe keeps weeds down so vegetables can grow. Farmers in history hoed fields by hand. Pupils may hoe the school vegetable patch. In stories, a gardener leans on his hoe.

### examples

- The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. (Prophets JOL.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x1)
- Grandad used a hoe to cut the weeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x2)
- We hoed the vegetable patch at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x3)
- Hoeing loosens the soil so water can sink in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x4)
- The farmer hoed between the rows of potatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x5)
- Leave the hoe in the shed when you finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x6)
- The gardener rested on his hoe and smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x7)
- The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/#x8)

### note

Homophone traps: «hoe» (garden tool), «ho» (rude slang), «whoa» (stop!). Verb forms: hoes, hoed, hoeing (keep the e).

### In the corpora

- [The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hoe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.