weed
English
/wiːd/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
- Short for duckweed.
- (uncountable) Underbrush; low shrubs.
- A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
- (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- (countable) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
- (countable) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English weed inherited from Old English wēod (weed) inherited from Proto-Germanic *weudą (weed).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*weudą
Gloss
weed
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Caesar English
- Caesar weed English
- May English
- ague English
- agueweed English
- antiweed English
- ash English
- ashweed English
- ass English
- assweed English
- beetle English
- beetleweed English
- beggar English
- beggarweed English
- bind English
- bindweed English
- bitter English
- bitterweed English
- blanket English
- blanketweed English
- blue English
- blueweed English
- brook English
- brookweed English
- bugle English
- bugleweed English
- bur English
- burr English
- burrweed English
- burweed English
- butter English
- butterweed English
- button English
- buttonweed English
- camphor English
- camphorweed English
- catch English
- catchweed English
- chafe English
- chafeweed English
- chaff English
- chaffweed English
- cheese English
- cheeseweed English
- chick English
- chickweed English
- clear English
- clearweed English
- cock English
- cockweed English
- cotton English
- cottonweed English
- cow English
- cow weed English
- crazy English
- crazyweed English
- cud English
- cudweed English
- dill English
- dillweed English
- drift English
- driftweed English
- duck English
- duckweed English
- eater English
- fever English
- feverweed English
- fire English
- fireweed English
- fish English
- fit English
- fitweed English
- flax English
- flaxweed English
- fork English
- forkweed English
- frost English
- frostweed English
- fuck English
- fuckweed English
- goat English
- goatweed English
- golden English
- goldenweed English
- gout English
- goutweed English
- grass English
- grassweed English
- green English
- greenweed English
- grown English
- gulf English
- gulfweed English
- gum English
- gumweed English
- gut English
- gutweed English
- gypsy English
- gypsyweed English
- hand English
- handweed English
- hawk English
- hawkweed English
- hemp English
- hempweed English
- hog English
- hogweed English
- horse English
- horseweed English
- iron English
- ironweed English
- itch English
- itchweed English
- jerk English
- jerkweed English
- jewel English
- jewel-weed English
- jewelweed English
- joint English
- jointweed English
- killer English
- killing English
- knot English
- knotweed English
- lake English
- lakeweed English
- lemon English
- lemonweed English
- mat English
- matweed English
- mayweed English
- milk English
- milkweed English
- mug English
- mugweed English
- neck English
- neckweed English
- notch English
- notchweed English
- oar English
- oarweed English
- onion English
- onionweed English
- outweed English
- pickerel English
- pickerelweed English
- pickle English
- pickleweed English
- pig English
- pigweed English
- pilot English
- pilotweed English
- pin English
- pine English
- pineweed English
- pinweed English
- pipe English
- pipeweed English
- poke English
- pokeweed English
- pond English
- pondweed English
- pop English
- popweed English
- rag English
- ragweed English
- rattle English
- rattleweed English
- red English
- redweed English
- reweed English
- ribbon English
- ribbonweed English
- rich English
- richweed English
- river English
- riverweed English
- road English
- roadweed English
- rock English
- rockweed English
- rosin English
- rosinweed English
- salt English
- saltweed English
- scale English
- scaleweed English
- scorpion English
- scorpionweed English
- scratch English
- scratchweed English
- sea English
- seaweed English
- seaweeded English
- seaweedlike English
- seaweedy English
- seep English
- seepweed English
- shore English
- shoreweed English
- silk English
- silkweed English
- silver English
- silverweed English
- skunk English
- skunkweed English
- smart English
- smartweed English
- snake English
- snakeweed English
- snap English
- snapweed English
- sneeze English
- sneezeweed English
- soap English
- soapweed English
- squaw English
- squawweed English
- star English
- starweed English
- stick English
- stickweed English
- sticky English
- stickyweed English
- stink English
- stinkweed English
- stone English
- stoneweed English
- strangle English
- strangleweed English
- sump English
- sumpweed English
- superweed English
- sweet English
- sweetweed English
- tar English
- tarweed English
- tassel English
- tasselweed English
- thimble English
- thimbleweed English
- trumpet English
- trumpetweed English
- tumble English
- tumbleweed English
- turtle English
- turtleweed English
- unweed English
- vinegar English
- vinegarweed English
- wart English
- wartweed English
- water English
- waterweed English
- wax English
- waxweed English
- weedage English
- weedaholic English
- weedeater English
- weeder English
- weedery English
- weedfish English
- weedgrown English
- weedhead English
- weedicide English
- weedily English
- weediness English
- weedkiller English
- weedkilling English
- weedless English
- weedlessness English
- weedlike English
- weedling English
- weedscape English
- weedwhacker English
- weedy English
- whacker English
- white English
- whiteweed English
- widgeon English
- widgeonweed English
- winter English
- winterweed English
- wire English
- wireweed English
- witch English
- witchweed English
- Weed German
- nederwiet Dutch, Flemish
- wied Dutch, Flemish
- wieden Dutch, Flemish
- wiet Dutch, Flemish
- wietsigaret Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *weudą Proto-Germanic
- dili Old English
- weod Old English
- weodian Old English
- weodmonaþ Old English
- wēod Old English
- couwede Middle English
- weed Middle English
- wied Middle Dutch
- *wiod Old Dutch
- wêt Middle Low German
- wiod Old Saxon
- *wiūd Old Frisian
- Weed Low German
- rag
- sea
- pig
- oar
- tar
- ass
- bur
- mug
- gum
- pop
- ash
- May
- pin
- mat
- gut
- cow
- cud
- hog
- wax
- fit
- red
- jerk
- ague
- gout
- hawk
- pine
- blue
- fuck
- wire
- rich
- hemp
- fish
- star
- sump
- fire
- dill
- duck
- flax
- itch
- fork
- snap
- knot
- road
- seep
- hand
- burr
- salt
- cock
- goat
- iron
- gulf
- milk
- poke
- pond
- neck
- wart
- pipe
- silk
- rock
- lake
- soap
- bind
- grown
- chafe
- shore
- fever
- snake
- green
- clear
- scale
- eater
- skunk
- jewel
- rosin
- frost
- notch
- water
- catch
- white
- smart
- onion
- sweet
- stink
- river
- horse
- chaff
- drift
- bugle
- pilot
- witch
- stone
- joint
- crazy
- grass
- squaw
- brook
- chick
- stick
- lemon
- gypsy
- weedy
- golden
- silver
- tumble
- button
- winter
- reweed
- turtle
- pickle
- Caesar
- killer
- butter
- tassel
- unweed
- sticky
- cheese
- bitter
- weeder
- ribbon
- sneeze
- rattle
- beggar
- beetle
- cotton
- pigweed
- fitweed
- cudweed
- gumweed
- burweed
- camphor
- oarweed
- tarweed
- trumpet
- seaweed
- whacker
- weedage
- ragweed
- mayweed
- outweed
- vinegar
- killing
- pinweed
- thimble
- scratch
- hogweed
- matweed
- waxweed
- widgeon
- assweed
- blanket
- gutweed
- popweed
- redweed
- weedery
- weedily
- ashweed
- mugweed
- cow weed
- ironweed
- pokeweed
- blueweed
- weedfish
- silkweed
- lakeweed
- scorpion
- weedhead
- strangle
- itchweed
- knotweed
- roadweed
- pondweed
- pickerel
- hempweed
- neckweed
- hawkweed
- antiweed
- duckweed
- agueweed
- soapweed
- richweed
- pipeweed
- goatweed
- snapweed
- seepweed
- milkweed
- wireweed
- dillweed
- weedlike
- goutweed
- sumpweed
- jerkweed
- seaweedy
- weedless
- flaxweed
- forkweed
- gulfweed
- pineweed
- bindweed
- fireweed
- saltweed
- handweed
- rockweed
- burrweed
- cockweed
- wartweed
- weedling
- fuckweed
- starweed
- weedicide
- smartweed
- weedgrown
- weediness
- skunkweed
- frostweed
- lemonweed
- horseweed
- shoreweed
- bugleweed
- riverweed
- stickweed
- crazyweed
- jewelweed
- gypsyweed
- clearweed
- driftweed
- chaffweed
- whiteweed
- snakeweed
- rosinweed
- greenweed
- catchweed
- stoneweed
- pilotweed
- weedscape
- feverweed
- chafeweed
- brookweed
- notchweed
- chickweed
- onionweed
- witchweed
- sweetweed
- scaleweed
- waterweed
- seaweeded
- jointweed
- superweed
- grassweed
- squawweed
- stinkweed
- weedeater
- stickyweed
- winterweed
- silverweed
- butterweed
- rattleweed
- tumbleweed
- sneezeweed
- turtleweed
- pickleweed
- buttonweed
- weedkiller
- ribbonweed
- weedaholic
- cottonweed
- bitterweed
- beggarweed
- cheeseweed
- jewel-weed
- tasselweed
- goldenweed
- beetleweed
- vinegarweed
- blanketweed
- seaweedlike
- weedkilling
- Caesar weed
- scratchweed
- camphorweed
- trumpetweed
- thimbleweed
- weedwhacker
- widgeonweed
- scorpionweed
- strangleweed
- weedlessness
- pickerelweed