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weed

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /wiːd/

Noun

weed noun

  1. Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.β€œIf it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.”
  2. Short for duckweed.
  3. Underbrush; low shrubs.
  4. A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.

weed noun

  1. A garment or piece of clothing.
  2. Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
  3. An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.β€œHe wore a weed on his hat.”
  4. (especially in the plural as "widow's weeds") (Female) mourning apparel.

weed noun

  1. A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
  2. Lymphangitis in a horse.

Verb

weed verb

  1. To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.β€œI weeded my flower bed.”

weed verb

  1. To urinate.

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