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Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#HOE HoromCategory:Translingual clippings#HOE with e as a placeholder.
Symbol
hoeCategory:Translingual lemmas#HOECategory:Translingual symbols#HOECategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#HOECategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
See also
English

Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: hō, IPA(key): /həʊ/Category:English 1-syllable words#HOECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
- (US) enPR: hō, IPA(key): /hoʊ/Category:English 1-syllable words#HOECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
- (General Australian) enPR: hō, IPA(key): /hoʉ/Category:English 2-syllable words#HOECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#HOEAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊ#HOECategory:Rhymes:English/əʊ/1 syllable#HOE
- Homophone: hoCategory:English terms with homophones#HOE
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HOECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HOE howe, from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#HOE houe, from FrankishCategory:English terms derived from Frankish#HOE *hauwā, derivative of FrankishCategory:English terms derived from Frankish#HOE *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HOE *hawwaną. More at hew.
Noun
hoe (plural hoes)Category:English lemmas#HOECategory:English nouns#HOECategory:English countable nouns#HOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
- (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
- Synonym: hand hoe
- Hyponyms: action hoe, adze hoe, adz hoe, clam hoe, collineal hoe, collinear hoe, double hoe, draw hoe, drill hoe, Dutch hoe, eye hoe, flower hoe, fork hoe, grab hoe, grubbing hoe, grub hoe, hand hoe, hoedad, hoop hoe, Italian hoe, mortar hoe, pattern hoe, Paxton hoe, prong hoe, ridging hoe, scuffle hoe, swivel hoe, Warren hoe
- Coordinate terms: wheel hoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE, backhoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE, trackhoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE
- For their organic row crops, they do the weeding with hoes. They get in there often, but it goes fast, and the weeds never get ahead.Category:English terms with usage examples#HOE
- 2009, TRU TV, 28 March:
- It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe.
- Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
- Hyponyms: wheel hoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE, horse hoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE, backhoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE, trackhoeCategory:English links with manual fragments#HOE
- The grading is on hold. In the meantime, get that hoe over here and work on this utility trench. [Instructions issued to a worker who will operate a backhoe]Category:English terms with usage examples#HOE
- (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
Derived terms
- action hoe
- adze hoe, adz hoe
- backhoe
- clam hoe
- collineal hoe, collinear hoe
- double hoe
- draw hoe
- drill hoe
- Dutch hoe
- eye hoe
- flower hoe
- fork hoe
- grab hoe
- grubbing hoe
- grub hoe
- hand hoe
- hoecake
- hoedad
- hoedown
- hoe-farming
- hoelike
- hoe nightshade
- hoop hoe
- horse hoe
- Italian hoe
- mortar hoe
- pattern hoe
- Paxton hoe
- prong hoe
- rakehoe
- ridging hoe
- scuffle hoe
- swivel hoe
- swoe
- Warren hoe
- wheel hoe
Translations
Verb
hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)Category:English lemmas#HOECategory:English verbs#HOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HOECategory:English intransitive verbs#HOE) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
- to hoe the earth in a gardenCategory:English terms with usage examples#HOE
- Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.Category:English terms with usage examples#HOE
- I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.Category:English terms with usage examples#HOE
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HOE) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Further reading
Hoe (implement) in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
Etymology 2
From a non-rhotic pronunciation of whoreCategory:English non-rhotic pronunciations#HOE.
Alternative forms
Noun
hoe (plural hoes)Category:English lemmas#HOECategory:English nouns#HOECategory:English countable nouns#HOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- (slangCategory:English slang#HOE, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#HOE) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- 1973, “Spoon”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:
- Then we split to the Cafe Black Rose / To party with some hoesCategory:English terms with quotations#HOE
- 1994, 0:00 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
- Fuck all you hoes.Category:English terms with quotations#HOE
Get a grip, motherfucker.
- 2002, Eithne Quinn, Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap:
- […] this chapter […] will […] explore why pimp (and hoe) characters, with their dramatic staging of gendered and occupational relations […] have taken such hold of the black youth imaginationCategory:English terms with quotations#HOE
- 2003, Dan Harrington, The Good Eye:
- At school they had been among the only couples that had not done “it” at the Pimp & Hoe parties that popped up occasionally at the dormCategory:English terms with quotations#HOE
- 2023 June 9, John Mac Ghlionn, “The new Andrew Tate: Toxic ‘manosphere’ podcaster claims ‘all women are whores’”, in New York Post:
- On the podcast, Gaines and his co-host Walter Weekes (Fresh), regularly refer to women as “hoes” or 304s (304 on an upside-down calculator looks like the word “hoe”).Category:English terms with quotations#HOE
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hoe.
Derived terms
Verb
hoe (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed)Category:English lemmas#HOECategory:English verbs#HOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- (USCategory:American English#HOE, slangCategory:English slang#HOE) Alternative spelling of ho (“to prostitute”).
- 2003, Da’rel the Relentless One, M. T. Pimp:
- Pimpin’ came so naturally to MT when he and his sisters played pimp and hoe games that one of his sisters wanted to hoe for him when they grew up.Category:English terms with quotations#HOE
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HOECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HOE hough, hogh, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HOECategory:English terms derived from Old English#HOE hōh.
Alternative forms
Noun
hoe (plural hoes)Category:English lemmas#HOECategory:English nouns#HOECategory:English countable nouns#HOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
Usage notes
- Now used only in place names, such as Plymouth Hoe and Samphire Hoe.
Etymology 4
Cognate with Dutch haai (“shark”), qv.
Noun
hoe (plural hoes)Category:English lemmas#HOECategory:English nouns#HOECategory:English countable nouns#HOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Anagrams
Category:English calculator words#HOE Category:en:Landforms#HOECategory:en:Sharks#HOECategory:en:Tools#HOEAfrikaans
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#HOECategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#HOE hoe.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hoeCategory:Afrikaans lemmas#HOECategory:Afrikaans adverbs#HOECategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Related terms
Angor
Pronunciation
Noun
hoeCategory:Angor lemmas#HOECategory:Angor nouns#HOECategory:Angor entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
References
- Robert Lee Litteral, Features in Anggor Discourse (1980), page 38
'Are'are
Noun
hoeCategory:'Are'are lemmas#HOECategory:'Are'are nouns#HOECategory:'Are'are entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Dutch
Etymology
Category:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HOECategory:Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷ-#HOEFrom Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#HOECategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#HOE hoe, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#HOECategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#HOE huo, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HOECategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HOE *hwō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hoeCategory:Dutch lemmas#HOECategory:Dutch adverbs#HOECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Derived terms
Descendants
Conjunction
hoeCategory:Dutch lemmas#HOECategory:Dutch conjunctions#HOECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- (hoe ... hoe, hoe ... des te) the ... the, forms a parallel comparative
- Synonym: des te
- Hoe meer hoe beter! ― The more the better!Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#HOE
- Hoe eerder hoe beter! ― The sooner the better!Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#HOE
Finnish
Verb
hoeCategory:Finnish non-lemma forms#HOECategory:Finnish verb forms#HOECategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Garo
Particle
hoeCategory:Garo lemmas#HOECategory:Garo particles#HOECategory:Garo entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Usage notes
There is no real equivalent of an antonym to yes in Garo. When denoting negative sentences, attach the suffix -ja to the main verb.
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#HOECategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#HOE *fohe (compare with Māori hoe, Tongan fohe, Samoan foe),[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *voce (compare with Fijian voce), from Proto-OceanicCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#HOECategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#HOE *pose , from Proto-Eastern Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian#HOECategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian#HOE *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HOECategory:Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HOE *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”) (compare with Pangutaran Sama busay, Kelabit besai, Central Dusun bosi, Cebuano bugsáy).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈho.e/, [ˈho.we]Category:Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
Noun
hoeCategory:Hawaiian lemmas#HOECategory:Hawaiian nouns#HOECategory:Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Derived terms
- lauhoe (“paddle blade”)
Verb
hoeCategory:Hawaiian lemmas#HOECategory:Hawaiian verbs#HOECategory:Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- to row, to paddle
- to propel, to start
- (figurative) to keep working
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hoe”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 74
- ↑ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 198-9
Hokkien
| For pronunciation and definitions of hoe – see 花 (“flower; blossom; florid; flowery; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 花). |
Māori
Etymology
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#HOECategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#HOE *fohe, from Proto-Central Pacific *voce, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#HOECategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#HOE *pose, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian#HOECategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian#HOE *boʀse, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HOECategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#HOE *bəʀsay (“canoe paddle”). Cognates include Tongan fohe, Samoan foe, Fijian voce, Pangutaran Sama busay, Kelabit besai, Central Dusun bosi and Cebuano bugsáy.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoe/ [ˈhɔɛ]Category:Māori terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
Noun
hoeCategory:Māori lemmas#HOECategory:Māori nouns#HOECategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Verb
hoe (passive hoea)Category:Māori lemmas#HOECategory:Māori verbs#HOECategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Derived terms
References
Further reading
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#HOECategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#HOE huo, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HOECategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HOE *hwō.
Adverb
hoeCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#HOECategory:Middle Dutch adverbs#HOECategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Alternative forms
- woe (eastern)
Descendants
Further reading
- “hoe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hoe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
hoeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#HOECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- alternative form of heo (“she”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hoeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#HOECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- alternative form of he (“they”)
Middle French
Noun
hoeCategory:Middle French alternative forms#HOECategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
hoe f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#HOECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#HOECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- alternative form of ho
Old French
Alternative forms
- hou, howe, hewe, owe (Anglo-Norman)
- haue (Anglo-Norman, Picard)
- houe
Etymology
From FrankishCategory:Old French terms borrowed from Frankish#HOECategory:Old French terms derived from Frankish#HOE *hauwā. Attested from the late 12th century.
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈhɔə/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
- (late) IPA(key): /ˈhuə/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#HOE
Noun
hoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes)Category:Old French lemmas#HOECategory:Old French nouns#HOECategory:Old French feminine nouns#HOECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Old French feminine nouns#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “hoe1”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*hauwa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 185
Scots
Etymology
Probably from NornCategory:Scots terms derived from Norn#HOE høg or Middle NorwegianCategory:Scots terms derived from Middle Norwegian#HOE haa. Ultimately from Old NorseCategory:Scots terms derived from Old Norse#HOE hár
Noun
hoe (plural hoes)Category:Scots lemmas#HOECategory:Scots nouns#HOECategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- The piked dogfishCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#piked%20dogfish, Squalus acanthias
Vietnamese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Vietnamese entries#HOE.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hoe • (暉, 槐)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#HOECategory:Vietnamese adjectives#HOECategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- reddish; carroty
- khóc nhiều mắt đỏ hoe ― to cry so much that the eyes become reddishCategory:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#HOE
- tóc hoe hoe ― reddish hairCategory:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#HOE
Derived terms
Anagrams
Category:vi:Reds#HOEWelsh
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from EnglishCategory:Welsh terms borrowed from English#HOECategory:Welsh terms derived from English#HOE ho (“a stop; a halt”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hoe f (plural hoeau, not mutable)Category:Welsh lemmas#HOECategory:Welsh nouns#HOECategory:Welsh countable nouns#HOECategory:Welsh non-mutable terms#HOECategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Welsh feminine nouns#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOECategory:Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines#HOE
References
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old FrisianCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian#HOECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#HOE hū, from Proto-GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HOECategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HOE *hwō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hoeCategory:West Frisian lemmas#HOECategory:West Frisian adverbs#HOECategory:West Frisian interrogative adverbs#HOECategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#HOECategory:Pages with entries#HOECategory:Pages with 20 entries#HOE
- how (interrogative)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hoe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
