Synonyms for weeds

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : weed

Phonetic Transcription : wid

Top 10 synonyms for weeds

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Définition of weeds

Origin : "garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds), plural of archaic weed, from Old English wæd, wæde "garment, cloth," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (cf. Old Saxon wadi, Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vað "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh-, extended form of root *au- "to weave." Archaic since early 19c.

As in marijuana : noun grass, pot
As in plant : noun organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom
As in pot : noun marijuana
As in threads : noun clothes, clothing
As in wardrobe : noun clothes or furniture for storing clothes
As in cigar : noun roll of tobacco
As in tobacco : noun smoking substance
As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
As in alien : noun foreign being
As in garment : noun article of clothing
As in pull : verb drawing something with force
As in rake : verb scrape up, hoe
As in uproot : verb destroy; rip out of a place

Example sentences :

He could run a mower, and clean a pasture of weeds in a day.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Michael and Uli had to hoe the weeds in the next field near by.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

Sami squatted down and pulled at the weeds with all his might.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

All through the middle ages suits of armour are called 'weeds.'
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown

Caroline is the worst; the weeds, with her, have had longer time to get ahead.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Then, as suddenly as he had appeared, he dropped down into the weeds again.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

The weeds that had flourished along the sides of the ditches were all dead.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

What a good time then for the Weeds, and for all the Sewardites!
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Sects were springing up all over England as weeds in a hotbed.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

"They're just weeds and some of them might be poisonous," he declared.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for weeds

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