hoe

:  to work with a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle to cultivate, weed, or loosen the earth around plants :  to use or work with a hoe (see ¹hoe) or backhoe hoeing in the garden all day

1 :  to weed, cultivate, or thin (a crop) with a hoe (see ¹hoe) hoeing carrots and turnips

2 :  to remove (weeds) by hoeing

3 :  to dress or cultivate (land) by hoeing The garden needs to be hoed.

Richard March 1812–1886 son of Robert Hoe American inventor

Robert 1784–1833 American (English-born) printing-press manufacturer

:  a tool with a long handle and a thin flat blade used for weeding and cultivating

:  to weed or loosen the soil around plants with a hoe