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# weed

noun (a weed, weeds); verb (weed, weeds, weeded, weeding)

«weed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A weed is a wild plant growing where it is not wanted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#m1)
2. To weed is to pull weeds out of a garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#m2)
3. (slang) Weed is a slang word for cannabis, an illegal drug. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#m3)
4. (informal, UK) A weed is a thin, weak person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#m4)

### In the lessons

In gardening and science, weeds compete with crops. In safety, weed as a drug is harmful. Phrases: weed out, pull weeds.

### Examples

- We pulled weeds from the vegetable patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x1)
- Dandelions are common weeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x2)
- Grandma weeds the garden every Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x3)
- Weed out the bad apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x4)
- Weed is an illegal drug (slang). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x5)
- He's a bit of a weed (UK, informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x6)
- So saying, she quickly collected a bundle of sea-weed, and, blowing it three times, she said: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/#x7)

### Note

Countable plant noun. Verb: weeded. «Weed out» = remove the unwanted ones. Safety: drugs are dangerous.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «weed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«weed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weed.html) on Mova free.