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weed
1[ weed ]
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.
- a wretched or useless animal, especially a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.
- the weed,
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.
- to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often followed by out ):
to weed out inexperienced players.
- to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.
verb (used without object)
- to remove weeds or the like.
weed
2[ weed ]
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.
Weed
3[ weed ]
noun
- Thur·low [thur, -loh], 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
weed
1/ wiːd /
noun
- any plant that grows wild and profusely, esp one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc
- slang.
- tobacco
- marijuana
- informal.a thin or unprepossessing person
- an inferior horse, esp one showing signs of weakness of constitution
verb
- to remove (useless or troublesome plants) from (a garden, etc)
weed
2/ wiːd /
noun
- rare.a black crepe band worn to indicate mourning See also weeds
Derived Forms
- ˈweedless, adjective
- ˈweeder, noun
- ˈweedˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- weedless adjective
- weedlike adjective
- un·weeded adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of weed1
Word History and Origins
Origin of weed1
Origin of weed2
Idioms and Phrases
- (deep) in / into the weeds, Slang. Also in deep weeds.
- (of a restaurant worker) overwhelmed and falling behind in serving customers:
Our waitress was so deep in the weeds that we waited 40 minutes for our burgers.
- in trouble; overwhelmed by problems:
He knows our marriage is in deep weeds.
- involved in the details:
I’m in the weeds of planning my wedding.
Example Sentences
Criticism that California is failing to fully address contamination in its weed crop has prompted a push for the governor and lawmakers to step in and remove that authority from the state agency in charge.
But I’d add Rick to the mix after he’s gotten his hands on some weed.
But as soon as he starts talking about his time on the hippie trail, the t-shirt-clad kid who once wrote about discovering the pleasures of "Shiva's favorite weed" emerges.
“There were these communities that backed up to the river, where really all they had was blight and chain-link fences and overgrown weeds,” she said.
In the waters of Wilpattu National Park in Sri Lanka, a water buffalo emerges from a swim, its head adorned with a garland of floating weeds.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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