Saw vs Hoe - What's the difference?
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A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
A musical saw.
A sawtooth wave.
To cut (something) with a saw.
To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
To be cut with a saw.
To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
(label) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
*, Bk.V:
*:And for thy trew sawys , and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid.
(often old saw ) A saying or proverb.
(label) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
*Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden
*:Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
(label) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
*Earl of Toulouse
*:All they assentyd to the sawe ; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
(label) Dictate; command; decree.
*Spenser
*:[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw .
(see)
An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows.
* 2009 , TRU TV, 28 March:
The horned or piked dogfish.
(ambitransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
(US, slang) A prostitute.
* 2002 , Eithne Quinn,
* 2003 , Dan Harrington,
(US, slang) To act as a prostitute.
* 2003 , Da’rel the Relentless One,
In transitive terms the difference between saw and hoe
is that saw is to form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw while hoe is to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.As an initialism SAW
is {{term|lang=ar|صلى الله عليه وسلم|gloss=sallalahu aleyhi wasallam|tr=peace be upon him}.saw
English
(wikipedia saw)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) saga, .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* backsaw * band saw, bandsaw * buzz saw * chainsaw * chop saw * circular saw * coping saw * crosscut saw * fretsaw * hacksaw * handsaw * hole saw * Japanese-style handsaw * jigsaw * miter saw, mitre saw * power saw * razor-tooth saw * reciprocating saw * rift saw * rip saw * sawbones * sawhorse * sawtooth * scroll saw * table saw * tenon sawVerb
- The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
- The timber saws smoothly.
- to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
- to saw''' shingles; to '''saw out a panel
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) sagu, . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 3
See see . Cognate with Dutch zag, German sah, Danish .Verb
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*hoe
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) howe, from (etyl) houe, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- It was obvious that it consisted of several blows to the head from the hoe .
Derived terms
* backhoeVerb
(d)- to hoe the earth in a garden
- Every year, I hoe my garden for aeration.
- I always take a shower after I hoe in my garden.
- to hoe corn
Derived terms
* long row to hoeSee also
* mattock * pick * rakeExternal links
*Etymology 2
From non-rhotic whore.Alternative forms
* hoNoun
(en noun)Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap
- […] this chapter […] will […] explore why pimp (and hoe ) characters, with their dramatic staging of gendered and occupational relations […] have taken such hold of the black youth imagination
The Good Eye
- At school they had been among the only couples that had not done “it” at the Pimp & Hoe parties that popped up occasionally at the dorm
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(d)M. T. Pimp
- Pimpin’ came so naturally to MT when he and his sisters played pimp and hoe games that one of his sisters wanted to hoe for him when they grew up.
