weed: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with W · ends with D
Meaning of weed
noun
- countable
Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
Example: If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
- informal, uncountable
A drug or the like made from the leaves or flowers of a plant. Cannabis.
- colloquial, uncountable
A drug or the like made from the leaves or flowers of a plant. Tobacco.
- countable
A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
Listed forms: weeds.
Source: Wiktionary — weed.
verb
- transitive
To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
Example: I weeded my flower bed.
- figuratively, transitive
To pilfer the best items from a collection.
- transitive
To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
Example: We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.
Listed forms: weeds, weeding, weeded.
Source: Wiktionary — weed.
noun
- archaic
A garment or piece of clothing.
- archaic
Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
- archaic
An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
Example: He wore a weed on his hat.
- archaic
A hatband.
Listed forms: weeds.
Source: Wiktionary — weed.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for weed.
noun
a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
- mourning band
noun
street names for marijuana
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is weed in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of weed
W(4) + E(1) + E(1) + D(2) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of weed
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from weed
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