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• a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.

• "keep the seedlings clear of weeds"

• a contemptibly feeble person.

• "he thought party games were for weeds and wets"

• a leggy, loosely built horse.

• "my tiny bay weed could jump like a stag"

• remove unwanted plants from (an area of ground).

• "I was weeding a flower bed"

Origin: Old English wēod (noun), wēodian (verb), of unknown origin; related to Dutch wieden (verb).

• urinate.

Origin: 1930s: imitative.

• remove an inferior or unwanted component of a group or collection.
"we must raise the level of research and weed out the poorest work"