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weed

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[weed]

noun

  1. a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.

  2. any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted.

    The vacant lot was covered with weeds.

  3. Informal.a cigarette or cigar.

  4. Slang.a marijuana cigarette.

  5. a thin, ungainly person or animal.

  6. a wretched or useless animal, especially a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.

  7. the weed,

    1. Informal.tobacco.

    2. Slang.marijuana.



verb (used with object)

  1. to free from weeds or troublesome plants; root out weeds from.

    to weed a garden.

  2. to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often followed byout ).

    to weed out crab grass from a lawn.

  3. to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often followed byout ).

    to weed out inexperienced players.

  4. to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.

verb (used without object)

  1. to remove weeds or the like.

weed

2

[weed]

noun

  1. weeds, mourning garments.

    widow's weeds.

  2. a mourning band of black crepe or cloth, as worn on a man's hat or coat sleeve.

  3. Archaic.Often weeds

    1. a garment.

      clad in rustic weeds.

    2. clothing.

Weed

3

[weed]

noun

  1. Thurlow 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.

weed

1

/ ɾː /

noun

  1. any plant that grows wild and profusely, esp one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc

  2. slang

    1. tobacco

    2. marijuana

  3. informala thin or unprepossessing person

  4. an inferior horse, esp one showing signs of weakness of constitution

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verb

  1. to remove (useless or troublesome plants) from (a garden, etc)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

weed

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/ ɾː /

noun

  1. rarea black crepe band worn to indicate mourning See also weeds

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • weedless adjective
  • weedlike adjective
  • unweeded adjective
  • ˈɱ adjective
  • ˈɱ noun
  • ˈɱˌ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of weed1

First recorded before 900; Middle English wed(e), weid, Old English ŧǻ; cognate with Old Saxon wiod “weed,” Middle Dutch wiet “f”

Origin of weed2

First recorded before 900; Middle English wed(e), Old English (ge)wǣde, wǣde “garment, clothing”; cognate with Old Saxon , gewādi, Old High German , gewāti; wadmal
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of weed1

Old English weod; related to Old Saxon wiod, Old High German wiota fern

Origin of weed2

Old English wǣd, wēd; related to Old Saxon , Old High German , Old Norse ٳ
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. (deep) in / into the weeds, Also in deep weeds

    1. (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.

    2. in trouble; overwhelmed by problems.

      He knows our marriage is in deep weeds.

    3. involved in the details.

      I’m in the weeds of planning my wedding.

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Example Sentences

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He does a lot more for his clients — trimming plants, fertilizing and weeding too.

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In culinary spaces and literature, zucchini is often treated in the same manner as weeds, shamed for growing untamed and unabashedly.

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"I believed that she had weed on her because I could smell it so strongly," she told the panel.

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In addition to the unlit Molotov cocktails, backpack weed sprayer containing octane gasoline was found nearby.

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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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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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