weed

  1. Noun.  (countable) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.
  2. Noun.  (countable) A species of plant considered harmful to the environment or regarded as a nuisance.
  3. Noun.  Short for duckweed.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete, uncountable) Tobacco.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete, countable) A cigar.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete, countable) A horse unfit to breed from.
  8. Noun.  (countable, British) A puny person; one who has with little physical strength.
  9. Noun.  (countable, Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
  10. Noun.  (uncountable, archaic) Underbrush; low shrubs.
  11. Noun.  (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
  12. Verb.  To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
  13. Noun.  (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.
  14. Noun.  (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
  15. Noun.  (archaic) '''widow's weeds''' Female mourning apparel.
  16. Verb.  (past of, wee) .

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