weed
pronunciation
How to pronounce weed in British English:
UK [wiːd]
How to pronounce weed in American English:
US [wiːd]
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- Noun:
- any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
- street names for marijuana
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- Verb:
- clear of weeds
Word Origin
- weed (n.)
- "plant not valued for use or beauty," Old English weod, uueod "grass, herb, weed," from Proto-Germanic *weud- (cognates: Old Saxon wiod, East Frisian wiud), of unknown origin. Also applied to trees that grow abundantly. Meaning "tobacco" is from c. 1600; that of "marijuana" is from 1920s. The chemical weed-killer is attested by 1885.
- weed (v.)
- "to clear the ground of weeds," late Old English weodian "to weed," from the source of weed (n.). Figurative use by c. 1400. Related: Weeded; weeding; weeder.
Example
- 1. Bill curran is a professor of weed science at penn state .
- 2. Weed scientists are urging farmers to alternate glyphosate with other herbicides .
- 3. Will you help me weed the garden ?
- 4. Striga is a parasitic weed that africans commonly call witchweed .
- 5. A weed is any a plant growing where you don 't want it .