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
  • In tracking a potential illness in the locker room, wide receiver Jonathan Mingo popped up on the injury report on Wednesday with an illness and was listed as questionable.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Last year, a $22 million villa also listed on Belvedere Island, this one accessible via a funicular.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of listed
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  • 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 10 Oct. 2026.

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