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Websters 1828 Dictionary

Weed WEED, n.
1. The general name of any plant that is useless or noxious. The word therefore has no definite application to any particular plant or species of plants; but whatever plants grow among corn, grass, or in hedges, and which are either of no use to man or injurious to crops, are denominated weeds.
2. Any kind of unprofitable substance among ores in mines, as mundic or marcasite.
WEED, n.
1. Properly, a garment, as in Spenser, but now used only in the plural, weeds, for the mourning apparel of a female; as a widows weeds.
2. An upper garment.
WEED, v.t.
1. To free from noxious plants; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
2. To take away, as noxious plants; as, to weed a writing of invectives.
3. To free from any thing hurtful or offensive; as, to weed a kingdom of bad subjects.
4. To root out vice; as, to weed the hearts of the young.




WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

weed n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant: cultivated plant] 2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning [syn: weed, mourning band] 3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess}, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

weed I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wēod weed, herb; akin to Old Saxon wiod weed Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants (2) a weedy growth of plants b. an aquatic plant; especially seaweed c. (1) tobacco products (2) marijuana 2. a. an obnoxious growth, thing, or person b. something like a weed in detrimental quality; especially an animal unfit to breed from II. verb Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to remove weeds or something harmful transitive verb 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 <weed out the troublemakers> III. noun Etymology: Middle English wede, from Old English wǣd, gewǣde; akin to Old Norse vāth cloth, clothing and perhaps to Lithuanian austi to weave Date: before 12th century 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

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

weed
n. & v.
--n.
1 a wild plant growing where it is not wanted.
2 a thin weak-looking person or horse.
3 (prec. by the) sl. a marijuana. b tobacco.
--v.
1 tr. a clear (an area) of weeds. b remove unwanted parts from.
2 tr. (foll. by out) a sort out (inferior or unwanted parts etc.) for removal. b rid (a quantity or company) of inferior or unwanted members etc.
3 intr. cut off or uproot weeds.
Phrases and idioms:
weed-grown overgrown with weeds. weed-killer a substance used to destroy weeds.
Derivatives:
weeder n. weedless adj.
Etymology: OE weod, of unkn. orig.


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary

weed (weeds, weeding, weeded) 1. A weed is a wild plant that grows in gardens or fields of crops and prevents the plants that you want from growing properly. ...a garden overgrown with weeds. N-COUNT 2. Weed is a plant that grows in water and usually forms a thick floating mass. There are many different kinds of weed. Large, clogging banks of weed are the only problem. N-VAR 3. If you weed an area, you remove the weeds from it. Caspar was weeding the garden... Try not to walk on the flower beds when weeding or hoeing. VERB: V n, Vweeding She taught me to do the weeding. N-UNCOUNT

English Explanatory Dictionary

weed ̈ɪwi:d n. & v. --n. 1 a wild plant growing where it is not wanted. 2 a thin weak-looking person or horse. 3 (prec. by the) sl. a marijuana. b tobacco. --v. 1 tr. a clear (an area) of weeds. b remove unwanted parts from. 2 tr. (foll. by out) a sort out (inferior or unwanted parts etc.) for removal. b rid (a quantity or company) of inferior or unwanted members etc. 3 intr. cut off or uproot weeds. øweed-grown overgrown with weeds. weed-killer a substance used to destroy weeds. øøweeder n. weedless adj. [OE weod, of unkn. orig.]

Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary

WEED
World Economy Ecology Development
When The Endured End Dies
Womens Enthusiastic Education Development

Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary

weed
World Economy Ecology Development
When The Endured End Dies
Womens Enthusiastic Education Development

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weed \Weed\, n. [OE. weed, weod, AS. we['o]d, wi['o]d, akin to OS. wiod, LG. woden the stalks and leaves of vegetables D. wieden to weed, OS. wiod[=o]n.] 1. Underbrush; low shrubs. [Obs. or Archaic] One rushing forth out of the thickest weed. --Spenser. A wild and wanton pard . . . Crouched fawning in the weed. --Tennyson. 2. Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant. Too much manuring filled that field with weeds. --Denham. Note: The word has no definite application to any particular plant, or species of plants. Whatever plants grow among corn or grass, in hedges, or elsewhere, and are useless to man, injurious to crops, or unsightly or out of place, are denominated weeds. 3. Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless. 4. (Stock Breeding) An animal unfit to breed from. 5. Tobacco, or a cigar. [Slang] Weed hook, a hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds. --Tusser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weed \Weed\, n. [OE. wede, AS. w?de, w?d; akin to OS. w[=a]di, giw[=a]di, OFries, w?de, w?d, OD. wade, OHG. w[=a]t, Icel. v[=a]?, Zend vadh to clothe.] 1. A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment. ``Low?ly shepherd's weeds.'' --Spenser. ``Woman's weeds.'' --Shak. ``This beggar woman's weed.'' --Tennyson. He on his bed sat, the soft weeds he wore Put off. --Chapman. 2. An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds. In a mourning weed, with ashes upon her head, and tears abundantly flowing. --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weed \Weed\, n. A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed. [Scot.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Weeding.] [AS. we['o]dian. See 3d Weed.] 1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden. 2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate. ``Weed up thyme.'' --Shak. Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill things. --Ascham. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. --Bacon. 3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive. He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to Elaiana. --Howell. 4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.

U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Weed, CA (city, FIPS 83850) Location: 41.41651 N, 122.37838 W Population (1990): 3062 (1255 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Weed, NM Zip code(s): 88354

Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms

weed v. a. 1. Rid of weeds, free from noxious plants. 2. Root out, extirpate, take away, remove, eradicate. 3. Free, rid.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

212 Moby Thesaurus words for "weed": Canada thistle, DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, abate, abrade, abstract, acid, amphibian, angiosperm, annual, antidepressant, aquatic plant, ataractic, backset, bate, biennial, black sheep, blemish, bones, boo, brake, burdock, burr, cannabis, chaff, chicory, cosmopolite, crab grass, creeping buttercup, culm, cultivate, culture, curtail, cut, cutting, dandelion, deadwood, deciduous plant, decrease, deduct, delve, depreciate, derogate, detract, dicot, dicotyledon, diethyltryptamine, dig, dimethyltryptamine, diminish, dishwater, disparage, dock, draff, drain, dregs, dress, dust, eat away, ephemeral, erode, evergreen, exotic, extract, fallow, fertilize, file away, filings, flowering plant, force, foreign body, foreign intruder, fungus, gage, gametophyte, ganja, garbage, gash, grass, gymnosperm, hallucinogen, harrow, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, hoe, hogwash, horsetail, husks, hydrophyte, impair, impurity, intruder, jimsonweed, joint, kava, leach, leavings, lees, lessen, list, mallow, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, milkweed, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, misfit, monkey wrench, monocot, monocotyl, morning glory seeds, mote, mulch, mustard, nettle, oddball, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, perennial, peyote, plant, plantain, plow, poison ivy, poke, pokeweed, polycot, polycotyl, polycotyledon, pot, potsherds, prune, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, purify, rags, rake, raspings, reduce, reefer, refine, refuse, remove, retrench, roach, rub away, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, seed plant, seedling, shards, shavings, shorten, slack, slag, sliver, slop, slops, spade, speck, spermatophyte, splinter, sporophyte, stick, stone, stubble, subduct, subtract, sweepings, swill, take away, take from, tares, tea, thallophyte, thin, thin out, thistle, till, till the soil, tranquilizer, triennial, vascular plant, vegetable, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, wear away, weed out, weeds, withdraw, work


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