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моты́га — meaning in English

motyga

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English meaning

  • hoe noun A hand tool with a long handle and flat blade, used for weeding and turning soil.
  • mattock noun An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
  • pickaxe noun A heavy tool with a pointed metal head on a long handle, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.
  • spud noun Informal word for a potato.

Senses

моты́га is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • mattock An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
  • pickaxe A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
  • spud A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc. [from 1660s]

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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