Definition of "weed" in English

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. Ellipsis of duckweed.

3. (uncountable, archaic or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.

4. A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.

5. (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.

6. (countable, British, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.

7. (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

verb

1. (transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).

   • I weeded my flower bed.

2. (figurative, transitive) To pilfer the best items from a collection.

3. (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.

noun

1. (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.

2. (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.

3. (archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.

   • He wore a weed on his hat.

4. (archaic) A hatband.

5. (archaic) Especially in the plural as widow's weeds: (female) mourning apparel.

noun

1. (Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.

2. (Scotland) Lymphangitis in a horse.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of wee