weed

Signification

Noun

1. Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
2. Short for duckweed.
3. Underbrush; low shrubs.
4. (informal) A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
5. (colloquial) A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
6. (obsolete) A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
7. A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
8. (informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
9. Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

Verb

1. To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
2. To pilfer the best items from a collection.
3. To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.

Verb

simple past and past participle of wee

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wiːd/

Étymologie

From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud (“weed”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jood (“weed”), West Frisian wjûd (“weed”), Dutch wied (“unwanted plant, weed”), German Low German Weed (“weed”), Old High German wiota (“fern”). See also woad.