həu n. & v. --n. a long-handled
tool with a
thin metal blade, used
for weeding etc. --v. (hoes, hoed, hoeing) 1 tr.
weed (crops);
loosen (earth);
dig up or
cut down with a hoe. 2 intr.
use a hoe. øhoe-cake US a
coarse cake of
maize flour orig. baked on
the blade of a hoe. hoe in
Austral. & NZ sl.
eat eagerly. hoe
into Austral. & NZ sl.
attack (food, a
person, a task). øøhoer n. [ME howe f. OF houe f. Gmc]