weed
noun
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
have been weeding
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present perfect progressiveof weed.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The three Repetto girls and Sophy have been weeding the garden, which has been rather neglected lately.
From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Katherine Mary Barrow
