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.
check bellow for the other definitions of Weed and Weed out
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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."
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Weed as a noun:
Short for duckweed.
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Weed as a noun (uncountable, archaic, or, obsolete):
Underbrush; low shrubs.
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Weed as a noun (uncountable, slang):
A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant. Cannabis. Tobacco. A cigar.
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Weed as a noun (countable):
A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
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Weed as a noun (countable, British, informal):
A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
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Weed as a noun (countable, figuratively):
Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
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Weed as a verb:
To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
Examples:
"I weeded my flower bed."
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Weed as a noun (archaic):
A garment or piece of clothing.
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Weed as a noun (archaic):
Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
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Weed as a noun (archaic):
An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
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Weed as a noun (archaic, especially, in the plural, _, as "widow's weeds"):
(Female) mourning apparel.
Examples:
"He wore a weed on his hat."
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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.
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Weed as a verb:
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Weed out as a verb (idiomatic):
to remove unwanted elements from a group
Examples:
"To ''weed out'' problem users, watch new people's behavior."