🌿weed

noun, verb
/wiːd/

Meaning

a wild plant growing where it is not wanted, especially among crops; to remove such plants
to remove unwanted plants from a garden; to eliminate undesirable elements
a wild plant growing where it is not wanted; unwanted plant

Example Sentences

She spent the afternoon weeding the garden.

We need to weed the garden today.

The garden was full of weeds that needed to be removed.

Example Expressions

weed out

Synonyms

unwanted plant, grass, wild plant, pest plant, herb, remove, eliminate, clear, uproot
Entry 1
unwanted plant, grass, wild plant, pest plant, herb
Entry 2
remove, eliminate, clear, uproot
Entry 3
unwanted plant, wild plant

Antonyms

crop, flower, plant, cultivate, grow, nurture, cultivated plant
Entry 1
crop, flower, plant
Entry 2
plant, cultivate, grow, nurture
Entry 3
flower, crop, cultivated plant

Collocations

weed control, weed killer, weed growth, pull weeds, weed out, weed garden, weed carefully, weed regularly, weed thoroughly, garden weed
Entry 1
weed control, weed killer, weed growth, pull weeds, weed out
Entry 2
weed garden, weed out, weed carefully, weed regularly, weed thoroughly
Entry 3
weed killer, garden weed, pull weeds

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