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

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