weed
v.
removing weeds from the ground; uproot, pluck
n.
wild unwanted plant; tobacco, cigarettes, marijuana (Slang); thin and awkward animal or person; mourning ribbon
WEED
Weed
A weed in a general sense is a
plant that is considered by the user of the term to be a
nuisance, and normally applied to unwanted plants in human made settings like a
garden,
lawn, or
agricultural areas but also to parks, woods and other natural areas. More specifically, the term is often used to describe
native or nonnative plants that grow and reproduce aggressively. Weeds may be unwanted because they are unsightly, or they limit the growth of other plants by blocking light or using up
nutrients from the
soil. They also can harbor and spread plant
pathogens that can infect and degrade the quality of
crop or
horticultural plants. Weeds may be a nuisance because they have thorns or prickles, cause skin irritation when contacted, or parts of the plants might come off and attach to fur or clothes.
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weed
Noun
1. any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
(antonym) cultivated plant
(hypernym) vascular plant, tracheophyte
(hyponym) corn cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago
2. street names for marijuana
(synonym) pot, grass, green goddess, dope, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
(hypernym) cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja
Verb
1. clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
wee
Noun
1. a short time; "bide a wee"
(hypernym) time
(classification) Scotland
Verb
1. eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
(synonym) make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee-wee, pass water
(hypernym) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(hyponym) wet
(verb-group) stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make
Adjective
1. (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
(synonym) bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy
(similar) small, little
(classification) colloquialism
2. very early; "the wee hours of the morning"
(similar) early
Weed
(v. t.)
To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate.
(v. t.)
To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
(v. t.)
To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
(v. t.)
To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
(n.)
Underbrush; low shrubs.
(n.)
Tobacco, or a cigar.
(n.)
Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.
(n.)
An animal unfit to breed from.
(n.)
A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
(n.)
A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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斩草除根
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Digging up the weeds by the roots.
To eliminate the roots of future trouble.