weed
noun
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
am weeding
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present progressiveof weed (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am weeding out the losers real quick," says Kathy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gentleman I am to work for is going to allow me to sleep in a spare room while I am weeding and fixing up his garden.
From The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? by Frank V. Webster
I am weeding late carrots, and I think you would not know them from weeds.”
From Clematis by Willis Levis
