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weed
1[weed]
noun
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted.
The vacant lot was covered with weeds.
Informal.a cigarette or cigar.
Slang.a marijuana cigarette.
a thin, ungainly person or animal.
a wretched or useless animal, especially a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.
the weed,
verb (used with object)
to free from weeds or troublesome plants; root out weeds from.
to weed a garden.
to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often followed byout ).
to weed out crab grass from a lawn.
to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often followed byout ).
to weed out inexperienced players.
to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.
verb (used without object)
to remove weeds or the like.
weed
2[weed]
noun
weeds, mourning garments.
widow's weeds.
a mourning band of black crepe or cloth, as worn on a man's hat or coat sleeve.
Archaic.Often weeds
a garment.
clad in rustic weeds.
clothing.
Weed
3[weed]
noun
Thurlow 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
weed
1/ ɾː /
noun
any plant that grows wild and profusely, esp one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc
slang
tobacco
marijuana
informala thin or unprepossessing person
an inferior horse, esp one showing signs of weakness of constitution
verb
to remove (useless or troublesome plants) from (a garden, etc)
weed
2/ ɾː /
noun
rarea black crepe band worn to indicate mourning See also weeds
Other 51Թ Forms
- weedless adjective
- weedlike adjective
- unweeded adjective
- ˈɱ adjective
- ˈɱ noun
- ˈɱˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of weed1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of weed1
Origin of weed2
Idioms and Phrases
(deep) in / into the weeds, Also in deep weeds
(of a restaurant worker) overwhelmed and falling behind in serving customers.
Our waitress was so deep in the weeds that we waited 40 minutes for our burgers.
in trouble; overwhelmed by problems.
He knows our marriage is in deep weeds.
involved in the details.
I’m in the weeds of planning my wedding.
Example Sentences
He does a lot more for his clients — trimming plants, fertilizing and weeding too.
In culinary spaces and literature, zucchini is often treated in the same manner as weeds, shamed for growing untamed and unabashedly.
"I believed that she had weed on her because I could smell it so strongly," she told the panel.
In addition to the unlit Molotov cocktails, backpack weed sprayer containing octane gasoline was found nearby.
He and Trump previously justified the cuts as a matter of weeding out what they saw as fraud and abuse within federal spending.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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