The difference between Weed and Weed out

When used as verbs, weed means to remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area, whereas weed out means to remove unwanted elements from a group.


Weed is also noun with the meaning: any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.

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  1. Weed as a noun (countable):

    Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.

    Examples:

    "If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed."

  2. Weed as a noun:

    Short for duckweed.

  3. Weed as a noun (uncountable, archaic, or, obsolete):

    Underbrush; low shrubs.

  4. Weed as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant. Cannabis. Tobacco. A cigar.

  5. Weed as a noun (countable):

    A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.

  6. Weed as a noun (countable, British, informal):

    A puny person; one who has little physical strength.

  7. Weed as a noun (countable, figuratively):

    Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

  1. Weed as a verb:

    To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.

    Examples:

    "I weeded my flower bed."

  1. Weed as a noun (archaic):

    A garment or piece of clothing.

  2. Weed as a noun (archaic):

    Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.

  3. Weed as a noun (archaic):

    An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.

  4. Weed as a noun (archaic, especially, in the plural, _, as "widow's weeds"):

    (Female) mourning apparel.

    Examples:

    "He wore a weed on his hat."

  1. Weed as a noun (countable, Scotland):

    A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.

  1. Weed as a verb:

  1. Weed out as a verb (idiomatic):

    to remove unwanted elements from a group

    Examples:

    "To ''weed out'' problem users, watch new people's behavior."

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