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2
a
: an obnoxious growth, thing, or person
b
: something like a weed in detrimental quality
especially
: an animal unfit to breed from
weeded; weeding; weeds
: to remove weeds or something harmful
1
a
: to clear of weeds
weed a garden
b(1)
: to free from something hurtful or offensive
(2)
: to remove the less desirable portions of
2
: to get rid of (something harmful or superfluous)
—often used with out
1
: garment
—often used in plural
2
a
: dress worn as a sign of mourning (as by a widow)
—usually used in plural
b
: a band of crape worn on a man's hat as a sign of mourning
—usually used in plural
Synonyms
Examples of weed in a Sentence
Verb
We need to weed the garden.
Noun (2)
a poor, miserable beggar clad in tattered weeds
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Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
In his State of the Commonwealth address yesterday, Gov. Youngkin talked tax cuts, opposed a legal weed market, encouraged building more data centers and called to overhaul how schools are funded.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Purchasing the fish can be expensive due to the cost to raise them, but according to SRP, the purchase is much more cost effective than manually weeding the canals or using chemicals.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
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Noun
While cannabis legalizes and becomes more accessible, weed is disrupting the hold that alcohol has on altered states.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
In his State of the Commonwealth address yesterday, Gov. Youngkin talked tax cuts, opposed a legal weed market, encouraged building more data centers and called to overhaul how schools are funded.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
Jobs include seed collection, sowing seed flats, transplanting seedlings, pruning, processing cuttings, composting, pot washing, weeding and maintaining the nursery space.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Purchasing the fish can be expensive due to the cost to raise them, but according to SRP, the purchase is much more cost effective than manually weeding the canals or using chemicals.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Weed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weed. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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weed
1 of 2 noun
: a plant that tends to grow thickly where it is not wanted and to choke out more desirable plants
weed
2 of 2 verb1
: to remove weeds from
weed a garden
2
: to get rid of (something unwanted)
weed out the troublemakers
weeder
noun
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