weed
noun
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
are weeding
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present progressiveof weed.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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“So the machine vision products that are weeding are very much welcome, very much needed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2024
The remaining garden operations are weeding and constant cultivation.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
From of old we have had good years; And now I go to the south-lying acres, Where some are weeding, and some gather the earth about the roots.
From The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 by James Legge
To dream that you are weeding, foretells that you will have difficulty in proceeding with some work which will bring you distinction.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
