English Explanatory Dictionary

weed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
  2. Ellipsis of duckweed.
  3. Underbrush; low shrubs.
  4. A drug or the like made from the leaves or flowers of a plant.
  5. Cannabis.
  6. Tobacco.
  7. A cigar.
  8. A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
  9. A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
  10. Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
verb
  1. To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
  2. To pilfer the best items from a collection.
  3. To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
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.
  4. A hatband.
  5. Especially in the plural as widow's weeds: (female) mourning apparel.
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
  1. simple past and past participle of wee
name
  1. A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

Pronunciation

/wiːd/ en-us-weed.ogg

Word forms

weed weeds weeding weeded

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud (“weed”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jood (“weed”), West Frisian wjûd (“weed”), Dutch wied (“unwanted plant, weed”), German Low German Weed (“weed”), Old High German wiota (“fern”). See also woad.

Synonyms

bhang benj boo broccoli bud buddha cannabis cheeba choof daccha dank devil's lettuce djamba doja doobage dope endo gage ganja ganj grass green greenery hash hashish hemp herb Mary Jane MJ marihoochie marijuana Mary Joanna method mezz muggle mull pot puff reefer sens sensimillia sensimilla shit sweetleaf tea Texas tea trees twig wacky tobaccy weed yarndie zaza zombie

Related words

grow like a weed weeds weed out

Derived words

agueweed alligatorweed antiweed ashweed assweed baconweed balsamweed basilweed beanweed beetleweed beggarweed bellyache weed billy goat weed billygoat weed billygoat-weed bindweed birdweed bishopsweed bishop's weed bitterweed blanketweed bleach weed blue weed blueweed bootlace weed broadleaf weed brookweed broomweed buchan weed bugleweed burrweed burweed butterfly weed butterweed buttonweed Caesar weed camphorweed cancerweed carpetweed catchweed chafeweed chaffweed cheeseweed chickweed chick-weed clammyweed clapweed clearweed cockweed colic weed consumption weed cottonweed cow weed crayweed crazyweed Crofton weed cudweed daneweed dick weed dillweed
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