(~s, ~ing, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil.
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2.
If you ~ a field or crop, you use a ~ on the weeds or soil there.
I have to feed the chickens and ~ the potatoes...
Today he was ~ing in the vineyard.
VERB: V n, V