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weed

1[weed]
–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


weedless, adjective
weedlike, adjective
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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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