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weede

weede is the obsolete spelling of weed.

Meaning of weed

Noun

weed (countable and uncountable, plural weeds)

  1. (countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
    • If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
  2. (archaic, obsolete, uncountable) Underbrush; low shrubs.
    • one rushing forth out of the thickest weed1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4
  3. (informal, uncountable) Cannabis.
    • Hold up, hey / For my niggas who be actin' too bold, take a seat / Hope you ready for the next episode / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Smoke weed every day1999, Dr. Dre, “The Next Episode”, in 2001
  4. (colloquial, uncountable) Tobacco.
  5. (colloquial, countable, obsolete) A cigar.
    • "If ever you smoke, my dear aunt (and I am told that many women take a quiet weed under the rose), be very careful how you choose your cigars."1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret
  6. (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.

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Questions about weede

What is weede the obsolete spelling of?
Weede is the obsolete spelling of weed.

Words near weede in the dictionary

  1. Weedallion
  2. weedate
  3. weedbed
  4. weedbeds
  5. weedbrownies
  6. weede
  7. weedeat
  8. weedeated
  9. weedeaten
  10. weedeater
  11. weedeaters

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