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Weeds

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of weed form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Clothes. obsolete, plural, plural-only

    "Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;"

  3. 3
    a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of weed form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inflected form of weed.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of weed.

Etymology 3

From Old English wǣd, wǣde, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“piece of cloth, garment”).

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