Weed — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈiːd/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈiːd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈiːd/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈiːd/.

Examples

weed the garden

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

smoke dope mourning band skunk green goddess sess grass locoweed sens Mary Jane pot gage

Antonyms

cultivated plant

Parts of Speech

noun	any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
noun	a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
noun	street names for marijuana
verb	clear of weeds “weed the garden”

Word Forms

weedy	adjective	abounding with or resembling weeds
weed	verb	clear of weeds
dope	verb	give a narcotic to
smoke	verb	inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
weed	noun	any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
weeder	noun	a farmhand hired to remove weeds

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unkraut

jede Pflanze, die Kulturpflanzen verdrängt

🇫🇷French

herbe

toute plante qui évince les plantes cultivées

🇪🇸Spanish

hierba

cualquier planta que desplace a las plantas cultivadas

🇮🇹Italian

erba

qualsiasi pianta che spiazzi le piante coltivate

🇳🇱Dutch

gras

elke plant die gecultiveerde planten verdringt

🇵🇹Portuguese

erva

qualquer planta que exclua plantas cultivadas

🇷🇺Russian

сорняк

любое растение, вытесняющее культурные растения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खर-पतवार

कोई भी पौधा जो खेती किए गए पौधों को हटा देता है

🇧🇩Bengali

আগাছা

যে কোনো উদ্ভিদ যা চাষকৃত উদ্ভিদকে ভিড় করে

🇮🇳Tamil

களை

பயிரிடப்பட்ட தாவரங்களை வெளியேற்றும் எந்த தாவரமும்

🇮🇳Telugu

కలుపు మొక్క

పండించిన మొక్కలను గుంపులుగా చేసే ఏదైనా మొక్క

🇮🇳Marathi

तण

लागवड केलेल्या वनस्पतींना गर्दी करणारी कोणतीही वनस्पती

🇮🇳Gujarati

નીંદણ

કોઈપણ છોડ કે જે ઉગાડવામાં આવેલા છોડને બહાર કાઢે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಳೆ

ಬೆಳೆಸಿದ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಗುಂಪು ಮಾಡುವ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಸ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കള

നട്ടുവളർത്തിയ സസ്യങ്ങളെ കൂട്ടത്തോടെയുള്ള ഏതെങ്കിലും ചെടി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੂਟੀ

ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਪੌਦਾ ਜੋ ਕਾਸ਼ਤ ਕੀਤੇ ਪੌਦਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਾਹਰ ਕੱਢਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھاس

کوئی بھی پودا جو کاشت شدہ پودوں کو نکال دیتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

杂草

任何排挤栽培植物的植物

🇯🇵Japanese

雑草

栽培植物を追い出す植物

🇰🇷Korean

잡초

재배 식물을 밀어내는 모든 식물

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cần sa

bất kỳ loại cây nào lấn át cây trồng

🇹🇭Thai

วัชพืช

พืชใด ๆ ที่เบียดเสียดพืชที่ปลูก

🇮🇩Indonesian

gulma

tanaman apa pun yang menggantikan tanaman budidaya

🇵🇭Filipino

damo

anumang halaman na nagpaparami ng mga nilinang na halaman

🇲🇾Malay

rumpai

mana-mana tumbuhan yang menyesakkan tumbuhan yang ditanam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حشيش

أي نبات يزاحم النباتات المزروعة

🇮🇷Persian

علف هرز

هر گیاهی که گیاهان کشت شده را از بین می برد

🇹🇷Turkish

esrar

ekili bitkileri dışarıda bırakan herhangi bir bitki

🇮🇱Hebrew

עֵשֶׂב

כל צמח שדוחס צמחים תרבותיים

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