to weed
- verb
- /wiːd/
- Want to help us weed the garden?
- weed a garden
- weed the crop
- plant and weed
But maybe that's like there's also a lot to weed through to get there too.
- But maybe that's like there's also a lot to weed through to get there too.
- And we have volunteers that come to help weed once a week.
- You've got to like if you want to grow positive things in your life, you've got to weed your brain all the time.
Examples
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Looks like someone forgot to weed the north field.
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But when she asked them to help her mow and weed the vacant lot, only Hector volunteered.
Fiction book (1997) -
I just came through and my mom and I weeded this onion bed here.
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Eva was kneeling in the yard, weeding a bed of petunias inside a truck.
Fiction book (2001) -
The tomato bushes that we watered and weeded seem to have risen overnight.
Fiction book (1996) -
Their passports were closely scrutinized by a multilingual border guard tasked with weeding out potential refugees.
Academic text (2015) -
To watch Duflot on bended knee doing something as simple as weeding his soil, he brings a magnificent poetry in his devotion to each and every grape.
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We need to weed the flower beds before spring arrives.
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She loves to weed the vegetable garden on weekends.
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After the rain, it was time to weed the patch and remove the unwanted plants.
Synonyms
To remove weak or unwanted plants from a crop to make it healthier
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Australian
A poisonous tropical plant with spreading stems and spiny fruit that can harm farm animals
- US
An annual plant found in the dry American southwest with stiff woody branches, sticky leaves, and yellow flowers
- US
A plant like sage with hairy leaves and small purple flowers that grows in the eastern United States
A bush that grows in salt marshes with fruit surrounded by white feathery hairs
- Specialized
A western North American plant that makes farm animals sick if they eat it
- Specialized
A plant from eastern North America with yellow flowers used to make yellow dye
- South African
A small bulb plant with bright yellow flowers that often grows as a garden weed in South Africa
An aquatic plant from South America with long grasslike leaves that forms thick floating mats and clogs waterways
- US
A plant that lives for many years and makes thin ice at its base during frost and has white flowers
- Archaic
An American mint plant that makes a sticky substance once used to ease muscle spasms
A plant with many branches and bright yellow flowers that grows in eastern North America
A poisonous tropical plant with big trumpet-like flowers, prickly fruits, and leaves that smell very bad
- US
A tall North American plant with pink or purple flower clusters found in wet places
- Specialized
A plant with many branches and bright yellow flowers that grows in eastern North America
A North American plant with pink flowers used in traditional medicine for joint pain and to make rope
A water plant with spikes of blue flowers that grows in shallow ponds and streams
- Specialized
A small wild plant with a pineapple smell that grows in cracks and has yellow flowers
- US
A small plant that lives for one year, with thin stems, tiny flat leaves, and small yellow flowers
- UK
A small swamp plant with a bad smell and tiny flowers under a spotted green or purple hood
A plant with clusters of purple or blue flowers that often grows in North America
- US
A wild plant with leaves that grow around the stem and flowers with purple spots
A tall North American plant with leaves around the stem and clusters of purple-pink flowers
A dark green herb that grows in stiff clumps and has yellow flower heads
- Specialized
A leafy tropical shrub with a strong smell whose seeds are sometimes mixed with coffee
A plant from western United States with a strong smell and sticky resin on its leaves
A low, sticky plant with narrow leaves and small yellow flower heads that smells of resin
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Weed as a verb comes from the same old word wēod for 'plant', so the action is literally to remove those plants. To weed a garden is to pull out unwanted plants.