Weed Definition
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English wēod.
Noun
weed (plural weeds)
- (countable) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.
- If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
- (countable) A species of plant considered harmful to the environment or regarded as a nuisance.
- Short for duckweed
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (obsolete, uncountable, slang) Tobacco.
- (obsolete, countable) A cigar.
- (obsolete, countable) A horse unfit to breed from.
- (countable, UK, informal) A puny person; one who has with little physical strength.
- (countable, Scottish) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
- (uncountable, archaic or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.
- (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds of “weed”
Translations
unwanted plant
- Arabic: عشبة ضارة ar(ar) (ʕúšba ɖárra) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 野草 cmn(cmn)
- Croatian: kórov hr(hr) m.
- Czech: plevel cs(cs) m.
- Danish: ukrudt da(da)
- Dutch: onkruid nl(nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: rikkaruoho fi(fi)
- French: mauvaise herbe fr(fr) f., chiendent fr(fr) m., adventice fr(fr) f.
- Georgian: სარეველა ka(ka) (sarevela)
- German: Unkraut de(de) n.
- Greek: ζιζάνιο el(el) (zizánio) n., αγριόχορτο el(el) n.
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: gaz hu(hu), gyom hu(hu)
- Ido: mala herbo io(io)
- Indonesian: rumput liar id(id)
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- Italian: erbaccia it(it) f.
- Japanese: 雑草 ja(ja) (zassō)
- Korean: 김 ko(ko) (gim)
- Kurdish: ade ku(ku)
- Norwegian: ugress no(no) n.
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: chwast pl(pl) m., zielsko pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: erva daninha pt(pt)
- Romanian: buruiană ro(ro)
- Russian: сорняк ru(ru) (sornják) m., сорная трава ru(ru) (sórnaja travá) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: luibh gd(gd) m. and f., lus gd(gd) m.
- Spanish: mala hierba es(es) f.
- Swahili: kwekwe sw(sw)
- Swedish: ogräs sv(sv)
- Telugu: కలుపు te(te) (kalupu)
- Thai: วัชพืช th(th) (wát-pêut)
- West Frisian: kjitten fy(fy) n.
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duckweed
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 水草 cmn(cmn)
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- Danish: andemad da(da) c.
- Dutch: kroos nl(nl)
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informal: a puny person
- Dutch: zwakkeling nl(nl) m.
- Japanese: ヒヨッコ ja(ja) (hiyokko), 役立たず ja(ja) (yakutatazu)
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- Polish: cherlak pl(pl) m., mięczak pl(pl) m.
- Swahili: kwekwe sw(sw)
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tobacco
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 香煙 cmn(cmn)
- Japanese: 煙草 ja(ja) (tabako), たばこ ja(ja) (tabako), タバコ ja(ja) (tabako)
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a cigar
- German: Glimmstängel de(de) m., Kippe de(de) f. (colloquial)
- Japanese: 葉巻 ja(ja) (hamaki)
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slang: marijuana
- Albanian: Marijuane sq(sq)
- Bengali: গাঁজা bn(bn)
- Bosnian: trava bs(bs)
- Czech: tráva cs(cs) f. (slang)
- Danish: hash da(da)
- Dutch: wiet nl(nl) n.
- Finnish: ruoho fi(fi) (slang)
- French: herbe fr(fr) f. (slang), marie-jeanne fr(fr) f. (slang)
- German: Gras de(de) n. (slang)
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- Italian: maria it(it) f.
- Japanese: クサ ja(ja) (kusa)
- Norwegian: hasj no(no), pot no(no)
- Polish: trawka pl(pl) f. (slang)
- Portuguese: maconha pt(pt) f. (slang)
- Romanian: iarbă ro(ro) f. (slang)
- Russian: травка ru(ru) (trávka) f. (slang)
- Spanish: (slang) hierba es(es) f.
- Swahili: kwekwe sw(sw)
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sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed
underbrush; low shrubs
- Japanese: 柴 ja(ja) (shiba)
- Polish: zielsko pl(pl) n.
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figuratively: something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless
an animal unfit to breed from
See also
Etymology 2
From Old English wēodian.
Verb
weed (third-person singular simple present weeds, present participle weeding, simple past and past participle weeded)
- To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
- I weeded my flower bed.
Translations
remove weeds from
- Czech: plít cs(cs)
- Ewe: ŋlɔ
- Finnish: kitkeä fi(fi)
- French: désherber fr(fr)
- German: jäten de(de)
- Hungarian: gyomlál hu(hu)
- Japanese: (phrase) 雑草を抜く ja(ja) (zassō o nuku), 草取りをする ja(ja) (kusatori o suru)
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- Korean: 매다 ko(ko) (maeda), 매다김 ko(ko) (maedagim)
- Mandarin: 除去莠草 cmn(cmn)
- Polish: plewić pl(pl), odchwaszczać pl(pl)
- Romanian: a plivi ro(ro)
- Russian: полоть ru(ru) (polót') impf.
- Spanish: escardar es(es)
- Swahili: kwekwe sw(sw)
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See also
Etymology 3
From Old English wǣd < Proto-Germanic. Compare Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad.
Noun
weed (plural weeds)
- (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.
- (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
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- 1819, These two dignified persons were followed by their respective attendants, and at a more humble distance by their guide, whose figure had nothing more remarkable than it derived from the usual weeds of a pilgrim. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- (archaic) widow's weeds Female mourning apparel
Translations
(archaic) apparel
Etymology 4
From the verb wee.
Verb
weed
- Simple past tense and past participle of wee.
References
- weed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “weed” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
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