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noun

a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.

any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted: The vacant lot was covered with weeds.

Informal. a cigarette or cigar.

Slang. a marijuana cigarette.

a thin, ungainly person or animal.

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a wretched or useless animal, especially a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.

the weed,

Informal. tobacco.

Slang. marijuana.

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verb (used with object)

to free from weeds or troublesome plants; root out weeds from: to weed a garden.

to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often followed by out): to weed out crab grass from a lawn.

10.

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

11.

to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.

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verb (used without object)

12.

to remove weeds or the like.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English wede, Old English wēod; cognate with Old Saxon wiod weed, Middle Dutch wiet fern

Related forms

weed·less, adjective

weed·like, adjective

un·weed·ed, adjective

Example Sentences

Identifying what is or isn't a weed is a matter of opinion more than a question of science.

It may also be a way to weed out the insecure candidates or those who are unsatisfied with themselves.

Sativex, which comes closer to an extract of the whole weed than currently approved drugs, might be expected to please everyone.

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Identifying what is or isn't a weed is a matter of opinion more than a question of science.

It may also be a way to weed out the insecure candidates or those who are unsatisfied with themselves.

Sativex, which comes closer to an extract of the whole weed than currently approved drugs, might be expected to please everyone.

The poppies are an indication of the field being organic-they haven't been eradicated by chemical weed killers.

But how exactly the wacky weed interferes with remembrance.

Mulching is one of the best ways to maintain soil moisture and minimize the need to weed.

The vaporizer doesn't actually burn the weed inside.

Many weed killers contain dangerous chemicals that are harmful if swallowed.

Also, those mentors can help weed out the treacherous people to work for.

Traditional filters work by forcing water through pores to weed out bacteria.

Flightless cormorants are building nests of red sea weed on black rocky ground.

To improve your ability to make decisions and weed out alternatives, try this exercise.

Rotary mowers and weed eaters are other good choices for weed control in larger areas.

AltaVista also claims to have vastly improved its ability to weed out duplicate pages, spam and dead links.

Yet, this ordinary weed could have a big future as a vegetable, as strange as it may seem.

He still doesn't have a real job, and smokes too much weed.

Those who continue to plough, weed and scatter seeds face jail terms of up to two years.

His study showed that the sleeping brain seems to weed out redundant or unnecessary synapses or connections.

To weed out opinions, and concentrate only on facts and evidence.

Soil solarization takes advantage of the sun's heat, trapped under clear plastic sheeting, to control many kinds of weed seeds.

If drug companies could weed out who will have a negative reaction to a drug before tests.

And throughout the journey, the butterfly weed provides them food and built-in protection.

Open access journals may or may not have the ability to effectively filter and weed out low value articles.

The biggest breakthroughs so far have been in weed and bug control.

Feral pigs churn up soil and uproot native plant species, denuding landscapes and promoting weed growth.

If the pesticide is used on that plant, it won't work if it's a weed.

If unfed, they'll grow sparsely, allowing weed seeds to germinate and flourish.

These systems weed out any that don't contain the right trigger words.

The sun beats down on green fields of corn that have never seen chemical insecticides or weed killers.

The job market is tough enough and it's the educator's job to weed them out.

Texas researchers using hot peppers and weed is too funny.

Use gardening shears and manual lawn edgers instead of powered weed trimmers.

Whereas natural selection tends to weed out harmful mutations in genes and their related proteins, genetic drift does not.

One is called a weed but can be used in cooking and salads.

Heywood admits that there may be pitfalls-the prospect, for example, that employers could weed out workers with rare diseases.

Sumac, the ubiquitous and opportunistic urban weed tree, makes a zesty late-summer beverage.

There are policies in place to weed out the students who will ultimately fail.

There is no way to tell a person about roses if he/she can't tell a rose from a weed.

Once, a drug smugglers' plane stuffed with bales of weed and wads of cash crashed in the high country.

Dandelions are a good example as it is considered a weed and used as a crop for salad in some.

Those marketed as weed killers have a higher proportion of soap to water than those sold to kill insects.

It is also an excellent ground cover for service areas with garbage cans, places where weed growth can sometimes be a nuisance.

Legitimacy always uses some form of good and bad to weed out the ambitious for their own purposes.

If this is being denied, then weed out the culprits and find the way forward.

There are peer reviews and accredidations that weed these kinda crack pots out.

Mulching the garden conserves moisture and suppresses weed growth.

IF ever a plant was well named, it is butterfly weed.

It even comes with a weed scent in the interior so that the dirty hippies that drive it feel right at home.

And some people employ the methods of critical thinking to weed out the untrue from the likely.

Not to mention that you have to weed around those things and end up getting poked a lot, too.

It is unfortunate that governments cannot weed out the free riders from people who genuinely need help from those programs.

Use sea weed and other non or rarely eatable biological material instead.

But then you realize how weedy the soil is, and you spend much more time than you'd budgeted removing every weed from the bed.

If you have a high tolerance for risk, it seems reasonable you would be less bothered by the evil weed.

Depression helped weed out the failures by making them easy prey or self destructive.

Do not plant in mild-winter climates, where it has become an invasive weed.

Our governmental budgets must be scrutinized to weed out fraud and waste to ensure that our dollars are spent wisely.

The creek had become barren of fish, crabs and sea weed.

But, the system setup by scientists is also designed to weed them out.

The high production cost of cannabis is due to not being able to grow this fast growing weed outdoors.

All those nice lawns in the suburbs need to be mowed, fertilized, and have pesticides and weed killers applied.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

weeds, mourning garments: widow's weeds.

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

Often, weeds. Archaic.

a garment: clad in rustic weeds.

clothing.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English wede, Old English wǣd, (ge)wǣde garment, clothing; cognate with Old Saxon wād, gewādi, Old High German wāt, gewāti clothing; compare wadmal

noun

Thur·low

[thur-loh] , 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.

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World English Dictionary

weed¹ (wiːd)

—n
1.	any plant that grows wild and profusely, esp one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc
2.	slang
	a. the weed tobacco
	b. marijuana
3.	informal a thin or unprepossessing person
4.	an inferior horse, esp one showing signs of weakness of constitution

—vb
5.	to remove (useless or troublesome plants) from (a garden, etc)

[Old English weod; related to Old Saxon wiod, Old High German wiota fern]

'weeder¹

—n

'weedless¹

—*adj*

'weedlike¹

—*adj*

weed² (wiːd)

—n
	rare See also weeds a black crepe band worn to indicate mourning

[Old English wǣd, wēd; related to Old Saxon wād, Old High German wāt, Old Norse vāth]

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Word Origin & History

weed

"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.

Slang Dictionary

weed definition

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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