English dictionary
weed
nounPronunciation
/wiːd/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
- Short for duckweed.
- Underbrush; low shrubs.
- A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
- A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
- Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
verb
- To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
noun
- A garment or piece of clothing.
- Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
- An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
- (especially in the plural as "widow's weeds") (Female) mourning apparel.
noun
- A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
- Lymphangitis in a horse.
verb
- To urinate.
Example sentences
If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
I weeded my flower bed.
He wore a weed on his hat.