noun
- a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted: The vacant lot was covered with weeds.
- Informal. a cigarette or cigar.
- Slang. a marijuana cigarette.
- a thin, ungainly person or animal.
- a wretched or useless animal, especially a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes.
- the weed,
- Informal.tobacco.
- Slang.marijuana.
verb (used with object)
- to free from weeds or troublesome plants; root out weeds from: to weed a garden.
- to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often followed by out): to weed out crab grass from a lawn.
- to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often followed by out): to weed out inexperienced players.
- to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements.
verb (used without object)
- to remove weeds or the like.
Idioms
- (deep) in/into the weeds, Slang.
- (of a restaurant worker) overwhelmed and falling behind in serving customers: Our waitress was so deep in the weeds that we waited 40 minutes for our burgers.
- in trouble; overwhelmed by problems: He knows our marriage is in deep weeds.
- involved in the details: I’m in the weeds of planning my wedding.
Also in deep weeds.
noun
- any plant that grows wild and profusely, esp one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc
- slang
- the weedtobacco
- marijuana
- informal a thin or unprepossessing person
- an inferior horse, esp one showing signs of weakness of constitution
verb
- to remove (useless or troublesome plants) from (a garden, etc)
noun
- rare a black crepe band worn to indicate mourningSee also weeds
v.“to clear the ground of weeds,” late Old English weodian, from the source of weed (n.). Related: Weeded; weeding. n.“plant not valued for use or beauty,” Old English weod, uueod “grass, herb, weed,” from Proto-Germanic *weud- (cf. Old Saxon wiod, East Frisian wiud), of unknown origin. Meaning “tobacco” is from c.1600; that of “marijuana” is from 1920s.