1 [C] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted, especially among crops or garden plants:
The yard was overgrown with weeds.
2 [U] any wild plant without flowers that grows in water and forms a green floating mass
3 (the weed) [sing.] (humorous) tobacco or cigarettes:
I wish I could give up the weed (= stop smoking).
4 [U] (informal) the drug CANNABIS
5 [C] (BrE, informal, disapproving) a person with a weak character or body:
Don't be such a weed!
verb to take out weeds from the ground: [VN] I've been weeding the flower beds. [also V]
PHRASALVERBS
weed sth/sb<->out to remove or get rid of people or things from a group because they are not wanted or are less good than the rest:
Most applicants get weeded out before the interview stage.
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Is weed a noun, verb, or something else?
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