weed

Definition:
1. Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants.
2. Street names for marijuana.
3. Clear of weeds.

Use 'weed' in a sentence:

• 1. According to Mrs Kaiser Jamil of RRL, "The Argentinian weevil does not attack any other plant and a pair of adult bugs could destroy the weed in 4-5 days."
• 2. The more ploughing and weeding, the better the crop.
• 3. Try not to walk on the flower beds when weeding or hoeing.
• 4. CIBC successfully used a seed-feeding weevil, native to Mexico, to control the obnoxious parthenium weed, known to exert devious influence on agriculture and human health in both India and Australia.
• 5. He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds.
• 6. I volunteered to weed the hospital garden.
• 7. Break taking can also involve naps, weed, television, video games, or meditation.
• 8. Ben Weatherstaff rooted up a weed and threw it aside before he answered.
• 9. Additional understanding and analysis must be applied to weed out extraneous associations.
• 10. He dragged out another weed and scowled at it.
• 11. I grew like a wild weed and grasped all the opportunities they had to offer.
• 12. Isn't it absurd to plant crops and not weed the fields?
• 13. If you weed a garden and just leave it the weeds return stronger than before.
• 14. What is a weed?
• 15. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.
• 16. Eurasian watermilfoil, a weed not native to Frida Lake, has reproduced prolifically since being accidentally introduced there.
• 17. One mother said that before her daughter was involved in this project, she would not even pull a weed.
• 18. The most weed species were Gramineae, Cyperaceae, Compositae, Scrophulariaceae, Alismataceae and Lythraceae.
• 19. Other benefits such as dole money could be frozen and there will be a huge push to weed out fiddlers.
• 20. About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed.
• 21. If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.
• 22. Research of weed feature extraction method based on image processing technology.
• 23. By the 1920s, the weed was rampant.
• 24. We're not using them to weed you out, but we're using them to help you learn.
• 25. Typical submerged plants are Charales, pond weed, hornworts and water lilies.
• 26. When you're weeding, you must dig up the roots.
• 27. A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible.
• 28. The process of making organically rich compost produces heat. This heat kills many, though not all, weed seeds.
• 29. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.
• 30. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.
• 31. For protection from the summer sun, the Mojave lived in open-sided, flat-topped dwellings known as shades, each a roof of poles and arrow weed supported by posts set in a rectangle.
• 32. In order to eliminate the weed, biologists proposed treating infested parts of the lake with a certain herbicide that is nontoxic for humans and aquatic animals.
• 33. Of course, biological control agents can safely be released only if it can be verified that they feed solely on the target weed.
• 34. My favourite, by far, is the pretty wild cornfield weed, and Viola tricolor.
• 35. Large, clogging banks of weed are the only problem.
• 36. The edges must overlap each other or weeds will push through the gaps.
• 37. Shortly before this flatness we saw sargasso weed floating by.
• 38. As he crumples the flowering end of the weed in his hand, Nelson grimaces.
• 39. I have tried painting the young shoots with weed poisoner, but this does not kill them off.
• 40. A weed is any a plant growing where you don't want it.
• 41. Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets.
• 42. His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed.
• 43. Weeds are an index to the character of the soil.
• 44. Clear the soil of weeds and fork in plenty of compost.
• 45. The yard was overgrown with weeds.
• 46. He is eager to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds.
• 47. Caspar was weeding the garden.
• 48. Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds.
• 49. The garden's completely overgrown with weeds.
• 50. I've been weeding the flower beds.
• 51. Mustard is grown in the field when weeds are there, rather than when the growing crops are there.