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  • present tense form of weed (3rd person singular).
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weeds

British  
/ wiːdz /

plural noun

  1. Also called: widow's weeds. a widow's black mourning clothes

  2. obsolete any clothing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of weeds

pl of weed ²


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The BBC recently reported on residents there being forced to eat garden weeds to survive.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The other key is making sure he’s getting into the weeds on what the firm is building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Joseph also was known as an executive who liked to get into the weeds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"My mind would be really busy, and I'd suddenly be out here at 7am pulling up weeds," said the 31-year-old.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

A burst of pink shoots from the canister in my hand, drops straight into a thatch of dry weeds.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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