Noun
1 a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a
sign of mourning [syn: widow's
weeds]
2 a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat)
as a sign of mourning [syn: mourning
band]
English
Pronunciation
- /wiːdz/
- Rhymes with: -iːdz
Etymology 1
Inflected form of weedNoun
weeds- Plural of weed|
Verb
weedsEtymology 2
From etyl ang wæd, wædeNoun
weeds- Clothes.
-
- 1600 — William
Shakespeare, Much
Ado About Nothing, v 3
- Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;
- 1600 — William
Shakespeare, Much
Ado About Nothing, v 3
-
A weed is
an unwanted plant.
Weed may also refer to:
- Weed, California
- Weed music distribution service, a peer-to-peer filesharing service
- A band and eponymous album with musician Ken Hensley
- Weed, a slang term for Cannabis.
- Past tense and past participle of the verb "to wee" (= "urinate")
Weeds may refer to:
- Weeds (TV series) (2005–), starring Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, and Kevin Nealon
- Weeds (film) (1987), starring Nick Nolte
- Weeds (band) (1965-1967) featuring Fred Cole
- Mourning Weeds, formal clothes, often of black crepe, worn during a period of deep mourning. (Hence 'widow's weeds')
Persons with the surname Weed
- Susun Weed, an herbalist and author
- Tad Weed, placekicker for the 1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
weeds in German: Weed
weeds in Spanish: Maleza
(desambiguación)