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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weed  \Weed\,  n.  [OE.  weed,  weod,  AS  we['o]d,  wi['o]d,  akin  to 
  OS  wiod,  LG  woden  the  stalks  and  leaves  of  vegetables  D. 
  wieden  to  weed,  OS  wiod[=o]n.] 
  1.  Underbrush;  low  shrubs.  [Obs.  or  Archaic] 
 
  One  rushing  forth  out  of  the  thickest  weed. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  A  wild  and  wanton  pard  .  .  .  Crouched  fawning  in  the 
  weed.  --Tennyson. 
 
  2.  Any  plant  growing  in  cultivated  ground  to  the  injury  of 
  the  crop  or  desired  vegetation,  or  to  the  disfigurement  of 
  the  place  an  unsightly,  useless,  or  injurious  plant. 
 
  Too  much  manuring  filled  that  field  with  weeds. 
  --Denham. 
 
  Note:  The  word  has  no  definite  application  to  any  particular 
  plant,  or  species  of  plants.  Whatever  plants  grow  among 
  corn  or  grass,  in  hedges,  or  elsewhere,  and  are  useless 
  to  man,  injurious  to  crops,  or  unsightly  or  out  of 
  place  are  denominated  weeds. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  Something  unprofitable  or  troublesome;  anything 
  useless. 
 
  4.  (Stock  Breeding)  An  animal  unfit  to  breed  from 
 
  5.  Tobacco,  or  a  cigar.  [Slang] 
 
  {Weed  hook},  a  hook  used  for  cutting  away  or  extirpating 
  weeds.  --Tusser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weed  \Weed\,  n.  [OE.  wede,  AS  w?de,  w?d;  akin  to  OS  w[=a]di, 
  giw[=a]di,  OFries  w?de,  w?d,  OD  wade,  OHG.  w[=a]t,  Icel. 
  v[=a]?,  Zend  vadh  to  clothe.] 
  1.  A  garment;  clothing;  especially,  an  upper  or  outer 
  garment.  ``Low?ly  shepherd's  weeds.''  --Spenser.  ``Woman's 
  weeds.''  --Shak.  ``This  beggar  woman's  weed.''  --Tennyson. 
 
  He  on  his  bed  sat,  the  soft  weeds  he  wore  Put  off 
  --Chapman. 
 
  2.  An  article  of  dress  worn  in  token  of  grief;  a  mourning 
  garment  or  badge;  as  he  wore  a  weed  on  his  hat; 
  especially,  in  the  plural,  mourning  garb,  as  of  a  woman; 
  as  a  widow's  weeds. 
 
  In  a  mourning  weed,  with  ashes  upon  her  head,  and 
  tears  abundantly  flowing.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weed  \Weed\,  n. 
  A  sudden  illness  or  relapse,  often  attended  with  fever,  which 
  attacks  women  in  childbed.  [Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weed  \Weed\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Weeded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Weeding}.]  [AS.  we['o]dian.  See  3d  {Weed}.] 
  1.  To  free  from  noxious  plants;  to  clear  of  weeds;  as  to 
  weed  corn  or  onions;  to  weed  a  garden. 
 
  2.  To  take  away  as  noxious  plants;  to  remove,  as  something 
  hurtful;  to  extirpate.  ``Weed  up  thyme.''  --Shak. 
 
  Wise  fathers  .  .  .  weeding  from  their  children  ill 
  things  --Ascham. 
 
  Revenge  is  a  kind  of  wild  justice,  which  the  more 
  man's  nature  runs  to  the  more  ought  law  to  weed  it 
  out  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  To  free  from  anything  hurtful  or  offensive. 
 
  He  weeded  the  kingdom  of  such  as  were  devoted  to 
  Elaiana  --Howell. 
 
  4.  (Stock  Breeding)  To  reject  as  unfit  for  breeding  purposes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  weed 
  n  1:  any  plant  that  crowds  out  cultivated  plants  [ant:  {cultivated 
  plant}] 
  2:  a  strong-smelling  plant  from  whose  dried  leaves  a  number  of 
  euphoriant  and  hallucinogenic  drugs  are  prepared  [syn:  {marijuana}, 
  {marihuana},  {ganja},  {pot},  {grass},  {dope},  {gage},  {sess}, 
  {sens},  {skunk},  {Mary-Jane},  {Cannabis  sativa}] 
  3:  the  dried  leaves  of  the  hemp  plant;  smoked  or  chewed  for 
  euphoric  effect  [syn:  {cannabis},  {marijuana},  {ganja},  {pot}, 
  {grass},  {marihuana},  {dope},  {gage},  {sess},  {sens},  {smoke}, 
  {skunk},  {Mary  Jane}] 
  v  :  clear  of  weeds;  "weed  the  garden" 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Weed,  CA  (city,  FIPS  83850) 
  Location:  41.41651  N,  122.37838  W 
  Population  (1990):  3062  (1255  housing  units) 
  Area:  10.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Weed,  NM 
  Zip  code(s):  88354




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