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Hodgkin’s disease
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hoe

hoe [ ]


noun  (plural hoes)
Definition:
 
weeding tool: a garden implement consisting of a long pole with a small flat metal blade set into one end at a right angle to the pole. Use: weeding, turning over soil.



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle hoed, present participle hoe·ing, 3rd person present singular hoes)
Definition:
 
dig using hoe: to use a hoe to remove weeds or turn over the soil in a piece of ground

[14th century. < Old French houe< Germanic, "cut down"]

ho·er noun
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