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Weeds

noun
/wiːdz/
Word Frequency: 4.1

Definitions

1.nounAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
"If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed."
2.nounShort for duckweed.
3.nounUnderbrush; low shrubs.
4.nounA drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
5.nounA weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
6.nounA puny person; one who has little physical strength.
7.nounSomething unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
8.verbTo remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
"I weeded my flower bed."
9.nounA garment or piece of clothing.
10.nounClothing collectively; clothes, dress.
11.nounAn article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
"He wore a weed on his hat."
12.noun(especially in the plural as "widow's weeds") (Female) mourning apparel.
13.nounA 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.
14.nounLymphangitis in a horse.

Synonyms

mourning bandburrsgrassesherbsmulberriespestsplantesplantstaresthistlesundesirablesvolunteers

Rhymes With

concedesmisdeedsprecedesproceedsdeedspedesbreedsfeeds
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