Weeds
noun, verb
noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of weed form-of, plural
- 2 Clothes. obsolete, plural, plural-only
"Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;"
- 3 a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of weed form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"Many weeds were growing among the flowers."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inflected form of weed.
Etymology 2
From Old English wǣd, wǣde, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“piece of cloth, garment”).