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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Most blocks have no more than one or two houses being framed, and as many or more lots still growing weeds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
They might not be able to get into the weeds of the finer points of monetary policy, but they rightly sensed the central bank’s shortcomings in recent years.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
A tile stuck in the ground marked Hassan’s grave, now obscured by a chaotic overgrowth of weeds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Heavy use of longstanding herbicides, like glyphosate, the main ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup, has contributed to resistance developing among weeds such as waterhemp and palmer amaranth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
And Nate would be stuck here, pulling up Storch’s weeds.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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