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handweeds

handweeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handweed.

Meaning of handweed

Verb

handweed (third-person singular simple present handweeds, present participle handweeding, simple past and past participle handweeded)

  1. To remove weeds using only hand tools, that is, without spraying or using other weed-suppression technology.
    • Snce the plots were wheel-hoed and handweeded twice, the number of man-minutes to handweed each plot is a good indication of the effect of the different treatments on the different weed species.1956, The Philippine Agriculturist - Volumes 40-41, page 435

Questions about handweeds

What is handweeds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Handweeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handweed.

Words near handweeds in the dictionary

  1. handweaving
  2. handweavings
  3. handweed
  4. handweeded
  5. handweeding
  6. handweeds
  7. handwell
  8. handwells
  9. Handwerk
  10. Handwerks
  11. handwheel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handweeds (page history and authors); handweed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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