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kuwa

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English meaning

  • fork noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  • hoe noun A hand tool with a long handle and flat blade, used for weeding and turning soil.
  • plough noun A farm tool with a blade, pulled through soil to break it up before planting.

Senses

鍬 is used for these senses in English:

  • fork Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
  • hoe (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
  • plough (agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

fork — full definition

  1. noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  2. noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
  3. noun A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
  4. verb To split into two or more branches or directions.

hoe — full definition

  1. noun A hand tool with a long handle and flat blade, used for weeding and turning soil.
  2. verb To dig, weed, or work soil using a hoe.

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