Real Dictionary

hoe
countable noun: A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil.
verb: If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the weeds or soil there.

hoe in American English
a tool with a thin, flat blade set across the end of a long handle, used for weeding, loosening soil, etc.
to dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe
intransitive verb: to use a hoe
noun: a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc
transitive verb: to dig, scrape, weed, cultivate, etc., with a hoe