Synonym: dig, loosen, plow, till. Similar words: phoenix, shoelace, diarrhoea, leeuwenhoek. Meaning: [həʊ] 
n. a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle. v. dig with a hoe.
n. a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle. v. dig with a hoe. 61) Weeds are controlled with precision tillage and the old fashioned hoe.
62) Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles.
63) She had a hard row to hoe with six children and her husband dead.