weeds.html - n.pl. (in full widow's weeds) archaic deep mourning worn by a widow. [OE w

d(e) garment f. Gmc]

weeds.html - {v.} 1. To remove what is unwanted, harmful, or not good enough from. * /Mother weeded out the library because there were too many books./ * /Many colleges and universities weed out their freshman classes to make room for better students./ 2. To take (what is not wanted) from a collection or group; remove (a part) for the purpose of improving a collection or group; get rid of. * /The coach is weeding out the weak players this week./ * /The teacher told Elizabeth to read over her English composition and weed out every sentence that was not about the subject./

weeds.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a wild plant growing where it is not wanted.
2 a thin weak-looking person or horse.
3 (prec. by the) sl. a marijuana. b tobacco.

--v.

1 tr. a clear (an area) of weeds. b remove unwanted parts from.
2 tr. (foll. by out) a sort out (inferior or unwanted parts etc.) for removal. b rid (a quantity or company) of inferior or unwanted members etc.
3 intr. cut off or uproot weeds.

weed-grown overgrown with weeds. weed-killer a substance used to destroy weeds.

weeder n. weedless adj. [OE weod, of unkn. orig.]

weeds.html - n.pl. (in full widow's weeds) archaic deep mourning worn by a widow. [OE w

d(e) garment f. Gmc]

weeds.html - adj.
(weedier, weediest)
1 having many weeds.
2 (esp. of a person) weak, feeble; of poor stature.

weediness n.

weeds.html - {n. phr.} The very early hours of the morning between 1 and 4 A.M. * /My brother was in trouble for coming home in the small hours./ See: WEE HOURS.