Definitions of Weed [wid]

Translate Weed to

Definition of 'Weed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) weed
an undesirable plant growing wild, esp. one growing on cultivated ground to the disadvantage of a crop, lawn, or flower bed.

2.  weed
something unattractive, wretched, or useless, esp. a horse unfit for breeding purposes.

3.  weed
Informal. a cigarette or cigar.

4.  weed
the weed,

5.  weed
Informal. tobacco.

6.  weed
Slang. marijuana.

7. (v.t.) weed
to free from weeds or troublesome plants:
to weed a garden.

8.  weed
to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often fol. by out).

9.  weed
to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often fol. by out):
weeded out inexperienced players.

10.  weed
to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.

11. (v.i.) weed
to remove weeds or the like.

12. (n.) weed
weeds, mourning garments:
widow's weeds.

13.  weed
a mourning band of black crepe or cloth, as worn on a man's coat sleeve.

14.  weed
Often, weeds.Archaic.

15.  weed
a garment:
clad in rustic weeds.

16.  weed
clothing.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wede, OE wæmacr;d, (ge)wæmacr;de garment, clothing, c. OS wād, gewādi, OHG wāt, gewāti, ON vāth)

Definition of 'Weed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) weed
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

2. (noun) weed, mourning band
a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning

3. (verb) pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
street names for marijuana

4. (verb) weed
clear of weeds
"weed the garden"

Definition of 'Weed'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) weed
next/last Wednesday
an unwanted wild plant
weeds in the garden

2. (verb) weed
to pull weeds out of a garden or yard
I was weeding the flower beds.; Weed a little every day.

Definition of 'Weed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Weed
a garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment

2. (noun) Weed
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

3. (noun) Weed
a sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed

4. (noun) Weed
underbrush; low shrubs

5. (noun) Weed
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

6. (noun) Weed
fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless

7. (noun) Weed
an animal unfit to breed from

8. (noun) Weed
tobacco, or a cigar

9. (verb) Weed
to free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden

10. (verb) Weed
to take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate

11. (verb) Weed
to free from anything hurtful or offensive

12. (verb) Weed
to reject as unfit for breeding purposes

Translation of 'Weed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted The garden is full of weeds.
Afrikaans: onkruid	Arabic: عُشْب ضار أو بَرّي	Bulgarian: буден
Brazilian: erva daninha	Czech: plevel	German: das Unkraut
Danish: ukrudt; ukrudtsplante	Greek: αγριόχορτο	Spanish: mala hierba
Estonian: umbrohi	Farsi: علف هرزه	Finnish: rikkakasvi
French: mauvaise herbe	Hebrew: עֶשֶב	Hindi: अपतृण
Croatian: korov	Hungarian: gyom	Indonesian: gulma
Icelandic: illgresi	Italian: erbaccia	Japanese: 雑草
Korean: 잡초	Lithuanian: piktžolė	Latvian: nezāle
Malay: lalang, rumpai	Dutch: onkruid	Norwegian: ugress
Polish: chwast	Portuguese: erva daninha	Romanian: buruiană
Russian: сорняк	Slovak: burina	Slovenian: plevel
Serbian: korov	Swedish: ogräs	Thai: วัชพืช
Turkish: yabanî ot	Taiwanese: 雜草	Ukrainian: бур'ян
Urdu: خود رو پودا	Vietnamese: cỏ dại	Chinese: 杂草
Get even more *translations for Weed...*