English
Pronunciation
IPA|/wi:d/
audio|en-us-weed.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology 1
OE. term|weod|w�od|lang=ang.
Noun
en-noun
- countable 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.
#: If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
- context|uncountable|slang marijuana|Marijuana.
- context|obsolete|uncountable tobacco|Tobacco.
- context|obsolete|countable A cigar.
- context|obsolete|countable A horse unfit to breed from.
- context|countable|UK|informal A puny person; one who has with little physical strength.
- rfv-sense countable A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
- rfv-sense uncountable Underbrush; low shrubs.
- rfv-sense|figuratively, or something? context|countable|figuratively Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
rfc|needs a rewrite
Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from �weed�
goutweed
hawkweed
knapweed
knotweed
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milkweed
pigweed
ragweed
tumbleweed
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Translations
trans-top|unwanted plant
French: t|fr|mauvaise herbe|f
German: t|de|Unkraut|n
Greek: t|el|ζιζάνιο|scGrek, t|el|αγ�ι��ο��ο|scGrek
Hungarian: t+|hu|gaz, t|hu|gyom
Ido: t|io|mala herbo|xs=Ido
Italian: t+|it|erbaccia|f
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Korean: t-|ko|�|trgim|scHang
Kurdish: t+|ku|ade
Norwegian: t|no|ugress|n
Polish: t|pl|chwast|m, t|pl|zielsko|m
Portuguese: erva daninha
Russian: t|ru|�о�н�к|m|trsorn'ák|scCyrl, t|ru|�о�на� ��ава|f|trsórnaja travá|scCyrl
Spanish: t|es|mala hierba
Swedish: t|sv|ogräs
Telugu: t|te|�ల�ప�|tr=kalupu
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trans-top|informal (a puny person)
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Polish: t|pl|cherlak|m, t|pl|mi�czak|m
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trans-top|tobacco
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Polish: tyto� m
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trans-top|a cigar
German: Glimmstängel m, coll: Kippe f
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Polish: cygaro n
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trans-top|slang (marijuana)
French: herbe f, marie-jeanne f
German: t+|de|Gras|n
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Polish: trawka f
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trans-top|sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed
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trans-top|underbrush; low shrubs
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Polish: zielsko n
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trans-top|figuratively: something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless
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Polish: chwast m
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trans-top|an animal unfit to breed from
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See also
grow like a weed
Etymology 2
OE. term|weodian|w�odian|lang=ang.
Verb
en-verb
- To remove weeds (unwanted vegetation) from (a cultivated area).
#: I weeded my flower bed.
Derived terms
weed out
Translations
trans-top|remove weeds from
CJKV Characters: �
Ewe: �l�
German: t-|de|jäten
Hungarian: gyomlál
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Korean: (�)매� ((gim)maeda)
Polish: plewi�, odchwaszcza�
Russian: t|ru|поло��|trpolót'|scCyrl impf
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Etymology 3
OE. term|wæd|wǣd|langang < Ger.. Compare Dutch term|lijnwaad|langnl, term|gewaad|lang=nl.
Noun
en-noun
- archaic A garment or piece of clothing.
- archaic Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
#:* 1819, These two dignified persons were followed by their respective attendants, and at a more humble distance by their guide, whose figure had nothing more remarkable than it derived from the usual weeds of a pilgrim. � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Etymology 4
From the verb term|wee.
Verb
weed
- past of|wee
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