weeding

Verb

weed (third-person singular simple present weeds, present participle weeding, simple past and past participle weeded)

1. (transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
   • I weeded my flower bed.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To pilfer the best items from a collection.
   • She now regretted much having had the case taken to the duke's, for surely it might have been weeded to very good purpose, and no one the wiser.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 183
3. (transitive, library science) To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
   • We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.

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