weed
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- pronunciation:
- wid
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
any plant that grows wild where it is not wanted, especially in gardens or among farm crops.
We pulled weeds from our lawn.
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
weeds, weeding, weeded |
| definition 1: |
to clear of weeds.
We weed our vegetable garden every week. |
| definition 2: |
to remove as not wanted (often followed by "out").
He weeded out several paragraphs from the story he was writing. |
| related words: |
cultivate |
| derivations: |
weedless (adj.), weedlike (adj.), weeder (n.) |
The word
weed and the contraction
we'd ("we had" or "we would") sound alike but have different meanings.