weed
/wiːd/ verb C2- To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass). · I weeded my flower bed.
- To pilfer the best items from a collection.
- To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria. · We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.
He/she/it weeds · Past weeded · Past participle weeded · -ing form weeding
Verb forms
- Base form
- weed
- He/she/it
- weeds
- Past
- weeded
- Past participle
- weeded
- -ing form
- weeding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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There was not a blade of grass to be seen in the paths, or a weed in the flower-beds; no fine lady ever trained and watered her geraniums, her cacti, and her rhododendrons, in her porcelain jardinière with more pains than this hitherto unseen gardener bestowed upon his little enclosure.
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