Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).

    I weeded my flower bed.

    jäten

    поло́тьpolótʹ, прополо́тьpropolótʹ

    поло́тиpolóty

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To pilfer the best items from a collection.

  3. (transitive)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.

More definitions
  • clear of weeds

Examples

136 sentences
  1. Our garden was full of weeds.

    Наш сад заріс бур'янами. — deniko

    ruВ нашем саду было полно сорняков. — Ivanovb

    deUnser Garten war voller Unkraut. — Vortarulo

  2. The garden needs to be weeded.

    Сад треба прополоти. — deniko

    ruСад необходимо прополоть. — fjay69

  3. We have to pull the weeds.

    Нам треба виполоти бур'яни. — ChickenKiev

    ruНам нужно выполоть сорняки. — Selena777

  4. I helped Tom pull weeds in the garden.

    Я допоміг Тому прополоти бур'ян на городі. — deniko

  5. My grandmother was pulling up weeds in her backyard.

    Моя бабця полола бур'яни на задньому подвір'ї. — mutternoise

    ruМоя бабушка пропалывала сорняки на заднем дворе. — mutternoise

    deMeine Oma jätete im Hintergarten Unkraut. — xtofu80

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to remove weeds from:
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove weeds from:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remove weeds from:

Origin

From Middle English weeden, weden, from Old English wēodian (“to weed”), from Proto-German

From Middle English weeden, weden, from Old English wēodian (“to weed”), from Proto-Germanic *weudōną (“to uproot, weed”). Cognate with West Frisian wjûde, wjudde (“to weed”),

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Forms

weeds, weeding, weeded, weeded
Base formweed · to weed
3rd person singularweeds
Present participleweeding
Past simpleweeded
Past participleweeded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyweed
he, she, itweeds

Past simpleLesson

all personsweeded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave weeded
he, she, ithas weeded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill weed

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • pull weeds
  • weeding the garden
  • pull weeds in
  • garden pulling weeds
  • weeds in the

See also

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