hoed

verb

past tense of hoe
as in raked

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  1. raked
  2. listed
  3. tilled
Verb
  • Authorities say Ortiz raked Rihanna’s home and an Airstream trailer parked on her Beverly Crest property with bullets from an assault rifle March 8.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Where once most people raked their dry autumn leaves into a pile and burned them, now many use leaf blowers to just blow them away.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of raked
Verb
  • Their marketing falsely listed SpaceX and xAI as holdings, the SEC claims, when the funds never held investments in those companies.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Tyriq Green, Marcus Harrison and Amaris Williams are all listed as out for Saturday’s game.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of listed
Verb
  • Ali’s father tilled tiny ancestral fields using an irrigation system developed during the Roman empire.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Creative soil has to be tilled every once in a while.
    — Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Definition of tilled
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“Hoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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