weeds
Britishplural noun
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Also called: widow's weeds. a widow's black mourning clothes
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obsolete any clothing
Etymology
Origin of weeds
pl of weed ²
Example Sentences
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The more weeds I dug up, the higher that mountain got.
From Literature
But there are no zombies wandering around, just an eerie silence, with weeds growing through the 294 houses and a lake with no wildlife.
From BBC
“And bilharzia spread, and water weeds came—when they started messing with the river! There’s always a price for tampering with nature.”
From Literature
It went charging past him; its tail, white as moonlight, was tangled with weeds.
From Literature
I spot the bowl of brown hair over the tops of the weeds.
From Literature
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