weed

[wiːd]

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.