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,
Informal.tobacco.
Slang.marijuana.
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.
Idioms for weed
(deep) in / into the weeds, Slang.
(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.
Also in deep weeds .
Origin of weed
1
before 900; Middle English wede,Old English wēod; cognate with Old Saxon wiod weed, Middle Dutch wiet fern
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.
Origin of weed
2
before 900; Middle English wede,Old English wǣd, (ge)wǣde garment, clothing; cognate with Old Saxon wād, gewādi,Old High German wāt, gewāti clothing; cf. wadmal
Definition for weed (3 of 3)
Weed
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/ wid /
noun
Thur·low[thur-loh], /ˈθɜr loʊ/, 1797–1882, U.S. journalist and politician.
They had superhuman speed and could run up my arm and jump into the weeds before I could react.
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