weeds
weeds · weedses
ClothesClothes.
/wiːdz/
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete, plural, plural only)Clothes.
More definitions
- a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
Origin
From Old English wǣd, wǣde, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“piece of cloth, garment”).From Old English wǣd, wǣde, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“piece of cloth, garment”).
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Forms
plural: weedsesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning:widow's weeds
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedwidow's weeds