hoeing

present participle of hoe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoeing
Verb
  • Using ironing cloths and a few leaves leftover from raking your yard, iron the leaves onto 8-by-8-inch squares of wax paper.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Removing Existing Moss Since moss has no true root system, small areas of growth are easy to remove by simply raking or pulling up the moss.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Farmlands to wetlands George Tibbitts mostly farms rice, but his son Carson was tilling a safflower field on one mid-August morning.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The fragrance of dry grass mingled in the air with the dust kicked up by a tractor tilling in the distance.
    Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nick Sadek, the Sotheby’s International Realty broker, is also a listing agent on the property.
    John Turton, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Leslie had been discovered deceased in her upstairs bathroom, with the autopsy listing her official cause of death as blunt force trauma.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Hoeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoeing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on hoeing

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!