weed

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

désherber

sarcler

mauvaise herbe

herbe

marie-jeanne

beuh

marihuana

herbe folle

biner

mauvaises herbes

sens

cannabis

marijuana

pot

zamal

arracher

infusion

enlever des mauvaises herbes

égorger

fumée

adventice

chiendent

beu

ronces

plante adventice

graminée

chanvre

weed

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wiːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.