weed

weed
[[t]wi͟ːd[/t]]
weeds, weeding, weeded
1) N-COUNT A weed is a wild plant that grows in gardens or fields of crops and prevents the plants that you want from growing properly.

With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.

2) N-VAR Weed is a plant that grows in water and usually forms a thick floating mass. There are many different kinds of weed.

Large, clogging banks of weed are the only problem.

3) VERB If you weed an area, you remove the weeds from it.

[V n] Caspar was weeding the garden...

The Hodges are busy weeding and planting.

Derived words:
weeding N-UNCOUNT

She taught me to do the weeding.

4) N-UNCOUNT: also the N People sometimes refer to tobacco or marijuana as weed. [INFORMAL]

Two and a half years ago I gave up the evil weed.

Phrasal Verbs:

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