Definitions
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- n. Plural form of weed.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weed.
- n. Clothes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
Etymologies
Examples
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"Perhaps if we could penetrate Nature's secrets we should find that what we call weeds are more essential to the well-being of the world than the most precious fruit or grain."
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Perhaps, if we could penetrate Nature's secrets, we should find that what we call weeds are more essential to the well-being of the world than the most precious fruit or grain.
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It is certainly a true one, for most of the plants which we call weeds grow quickly and well wherever they are allowed to remain.
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For the place of the weeds is among stones, where the gardener wishes no plants.
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It was strange to me at first to see how often she introduced those homelier wild-flowers which we call weeds, -- for it seemed there was none of them too humble for her to love, and none too little cared for by Nature to be without its beauty for her artist eye and pencil.
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I've got to go with the scum frog for stuff in weeds and other stuff and probably a buzzbait for all other purposes.
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One way to get rid of weeds is to go out in or after a heavy rain and pull them when the ground is soft (even softer than having been manually watered in advance).
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Knowing the land helps me come to expect certain weeds and spot them more easily.
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I think of it like I do pulling weeds from the lawn.
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I devoted most of my time and strength to disentangling grass and weeds from the wire fence intended to deter the less adventurous rabbit.
fearraigh commented on the word weeds
I like its archaic synonym for 'livery', as cited above.
February 22, 2007
brtom commented on the word weeds
And they who to be sure of Paradise
Dying put on the weeds of Dominic,
Or in Franciscan think to pass disguis'd ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III
December 19, 2006