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weed ¹  (wd)

n.

1.

a. A plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one growing where it is not wanted, as in a garden.

b. Rank growth of such plants.

2. A water plant, especially seaweed.

3. The leaves or stems of a plant as distinguished from the seeds: dill weed.

4. Something useless, detrimental, or worthless, especially an animal unfit for breeding.

5. Slang

a. Tobacco.

b. A cigarette.

c. Marijuana.

v. weed·ed, weed·ing, weeds

v.tr.

1. To clear of weeds.

2. To remove (weeds). Often used with out: weed out dandelions.

3. To eliminate as unsuitable or unwanted. Often used with out: weed out unqualified applicants.

v.intr.

To remove weeds.

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[Middle English, from Old English wod, herb, grass, weed.]

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weed ²  (wd)

n.

1. A token of mourning, as a black band worn on a man's hat or sleeve.

2. weeds The black mourning clothes of a widow.

3. An article of clothing; a garment. Often used in the plural.

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[Middle English wede, garment, from Old English wd.]

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weed¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any plant that grows wild and profusely, esp one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc.

2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) Slang

a. 

the weed tobacco

b.  marijuana

3. Informal a thin or unprepossessing person

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) an inferior horse, esp one showing signs of weakness of constitution

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) to remove (useless or troublesome plants) from (a garden, etc.)

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

weeder  n

weedless  adj

weedlike  adj

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weed²

n

(Clothing & Fashion) Rare a black crepe band worn to indicate mourning See also weeds

[Old English wǣd, wēd; related to Old Saxon wād, Old High German wāt, Old Norse vāth]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants Agrostemma githago, corn campion, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field - European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America knawe, knawel, Scleranthus annuus - widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers corn spurrey, corn spurry, Spergula arvensis - small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra - prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America carpetweed, Indian chickweed, Molluga verticillata - annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America alligator grass, alligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides - prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses Barbarea vulgaris, rockcress, rocket cress, Sisymbrium barbarea, yellow rocket - noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium Erysimum cheiranthoides, wormseed mustard - slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic jointed charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum, runch, wild radish, wild rape - Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits pennycress - any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi ambrosia, bitterweed, ragweed - any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves Barnaby's thistle, Centaurea solstitialis, yellow star-thistle - European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed, fleabane - common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron Erechtites hieracifolia, fireweed - an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers Hieracium praealtum, king devil, yellow hawkweed - European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds California dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata, cat's-ear - European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears bastard feverfew, Parthenium hysterophorus - tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, Picris echioides, bugloss - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States Hieracium aurantiacum, orange hawkweed, Pilosella aurantiaca - European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium Senecio doublasii, threadleaf groundsel - bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock benweed, ragweed, ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort - widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity groundsel, Senecio vulgaris - Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur, cockleburr - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs cultivated plant - plants that are grown for their produce
	2.	weed - a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning mourning band band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
	3.	weed - street names for marijuana           dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, grass, smoke, pot cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
Verb	1.	weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden"     remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" stub - clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"

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weed

weed something or someone out

verb eliminate, remove, shed, get rid of, eradicate, dispense with, uproot, root out, separate out, extirpate He is keen to weed out any applicants whom he believes to be frauds.

Translations

weed [wiːd]

A. N

1. → mala hierba f, hierbajo m; (= waterweed) → alga f
the garden was full of weeds → el jardín estaba lleno de malas hierbas or hierbajos

2. (= person) → pelele m

3. the weed (= tobacco) → el tabaco

4. (= marihuana) → hierba f

5. (widow's) weeds → ropa f de luto

B. VT [+ flowerbed] → desherbar

C. VI → desherbar

weed out VT + ADV [+ plant] → arrancar (fig) → eliminar

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weed [ˈwiːd]

n

(= plant) → mauvaise herbe f
The garden's full of weeds → Le jardin est plein de mauvaises herbes.

(= weakling) → gringalet m

vt → désherber

weed out

vt sep → éliminer

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weed

n

→ Unkraut nt no pl

(dated inf, = tobacco) → Kraut nt (inf)

(inf: = marijuana) → Gras(s) nt (inf)

(inf: = person) → Schwächling m, → Kümmerling m (inf)

vt

(lit) → jäten

(fig) = weed out b

vi → jäten

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weed [wiːd]

1. n (plant) → erbaccia; (weak person) → tipo/a allampanato/a

2. vt (flower bed) → diserbare

3. vi → strappare le erbacce

weed out vt + adv (fig) → eliminare

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weed

n weed [wiːd]

any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted The garden is full of weeds. onkruid عُشْب ضار أو بَرّي буден plevel ukrudt; ukrudtsplante das Unkraut αγριόχορτο mala hierba umbrohi علف هرزه rikkakasvi mauvaise herbe עֶשֶב अपतृण korov gyom gulma illgresi erbaccia 雑草 잡초 piktžolė nezāle lalang, rumpai onkruid ugress chwast erva daninha buru­­iană сорняк burina plevel korov ogräs วัชพืช yabanî ot 雜草 бур'ян خود رو پودا cỏ dại 杂草

v

to remove weeds (from) to weed the garden. onkruid verwyder يُزيل أو يَقْتَلِع плевя (vy)plít fjerne ukrudt jäten ξεχορταριάζω escardar, desherbar rohima وجين كردن kitkeä rikkaruohoista désherber לְעָשֵב अपतृण निकालना iščupati korov (ki)gyomlál menyiangi reyta illgresi (ripulire dalle erbacce) 除草する 잡초를 뽑다 ravėti ravēt mencabut wieden luke pielić tirar as ervas daninhas a smulge buruienile полоть (vy)plieť opleti pleviti rensa från ogräs กำจัดวัชพืช yabanî ottan temizlemek 除草 полоти خود رو پودے نکالنا nhổ cỏ 除草

n weedkiller

a chemical etc used to kill weeds. onkruiddoder مادَّة كيماوِيَّه قاتِلَة للأعْشاب хербицид herbicid ukrudtsmiddel das Unkrautsvernichtungsmittel ζιζανιοκτόνο herbicida umbrohutõrjevahend علف كش rikkaruohomyrkky herbicide קוֹטֶל עֲשָבִּים अपतृणनाशक herbicid, sredstvo protiv korova gyomirtó(szer) pembunuh gulma illgresiseyðir erbicida, diserbante 除草剤 제초제 herbicidas herbicīds racun rumpai onkruidverdelger ugressdreper/-middel środek chwastobójczy herbicida ierbicid гербицид herbicíd sredstvo proti plevelu otrov protiv korova ogräsmedel ยากำจัดวัชพืช; สารเคมีที่ใช้กำจัดวัชพืช yabani ot ilâcı 除草劑 гербицид زہر جو خودرو پودوں کو ختم کرنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا ہے thuốc diệt cỏ 除草剂

weed out

to remove (things which are unwanted) from a group or collection. verwyder, uitroei يُزيل، يَقْتَلِع отстранявам vyřadit luge ud i aussondern ξεκαθαρίζω desherbar, escardar välja rookima دور ريختن perata trier et jeter לְסַלֵק अवांछित को हटाना iskorijeniti, ukloniti korov kiselejtez menyingkirkan losa við, grisja eliminare 取り除く 무리에서 열등한 것을 제거하다 išmesti, atsijoti iztīrīt; atsijāt; izšķirot (aizmetot nevajadzīgo) membuang uitdunnen luke/renske ut, fjerne odsiać, oczyścić z eliminar a elimina; a înde­părta; a curăţa удалять vyradiť, odstrániť prečistiti odstraniti gallra ut, rensa bort เอาออกจากกลุ่ม temizlemek, defetmek 清除 відбирати; видаляти ان لوگوں یا ان چیزوں سے جان چھڑانا جو اچھی نہ ہوں loại bỏ 清除

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weed → عشبة ضارة plevel tang Unkraut ζιζάνιο mala hierba rikkaruoho mauvaise herbe korov erbaccia 雑草 잡초 onkruid ugras chwast erva daninha сорняк ogräs วัชพืช yabani ot cỏ dại 野草