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weed

1  [weed]
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–noun
1. a valueless plant growing wild, esp. one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
2. any undesirable or troublesome plant, esp. one that grows profusely where it is not wanted: The vacant lot was covered with weeds.
3. Informal. a cigarette or cigar.
4. Slang. a marijuana cigarette.
5. a thin, ungainly person or animal.
6. a wretched or useless animal, esp. a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.
7. the weed,
a. Informal. tobacco.
b. Slang. marijuana.
–verb (used with object)
8. to free from weeds or troublesome plants; root out weeds from: to weed a garden.
9. to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often fol. by out): to weed out crab grass from a lawn.
10. to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often fol. by out): to weed out inexperienced players.
11. to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.
–verb (used without object)
12. to remove weeds or the like.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wede, OE wēod; c. OS wiod weed, MD wiet fern

Related forms:
weedless, adjective
weedlike, adjective
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weed 1   (wēd)   
n.  

    1. A plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one growing where it is not wanted, as in a garden.

    2. Rank growth of such plants.

    3. Tobacco.

    4. A cigarette.

    5. Marijuana.

  2. A water plant, especially seaweed.

  3. The leaves or stems of a plant as distinguished from the seeds: dill weed.

  4. Something useless, detrimental, or worthless, especially an animal unfit for breeding.

  5. Slang

    1. Tobacco.

    2. A cigarette.

    3. Marijuana.

v.   weed·ed, weed·ing, weeds

v.   tr.

  1. To clear of weeds.

  2. To remove (weeds). Often used with out: weed out dandelions.

  3. To eliminate as unsuitable or unwanted. Often used with out: weed out unqualified applicants.

v.   intr.
To remove weeds.

[Middle English, from Old English wēod, herb, grass, weed.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
weed

  1. n.
    tobacco; a cigarette or cigar. : This weed is gonna be the death of me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

weed  (n.)
"plant not valued for use or beauty," O.E. weod, uueod "grass, herb, weed," from P.Gmc. *weud- (cf. O.S. wiod, E.Fris. wiud), of unknown origin. Meaning "tobacco" is from 1606; that of "marijuana" is from 1920s. The verb meaning "to clear the ground of weeds" is late O.E. weodian.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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