weed
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)Any plant 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.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of duckweed.
- 3.
(archaic, obsolete, uncountable)(uncountable, archaic or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.
- 4.
A drug or the like made from the leaves or flowers of a plant.
- 5.
(countable)A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- 6.
(British, countable, informal)A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
- 7.
(countable, figuratively)Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
- 8.
(archaic)A garment or piece of clothing.
- 9.
(archaic)Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
- 10.
(archaic)An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
He wore a weed on his hat.
- 11.
(archaic)A hatband.
- 12.
(archaic)Especially in the plural as widow's weeds: (female) mourning apparel.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
I weeded my flower bed.
- 2.
(figuratively, transitive)(figurative, transitive) To pilfer the best items from a collection.
- 3.
(transitive)(library science, transitive) To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.
- 4.
(form of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of wee
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From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (weed), from *weud (weed).