A weed is a plant that grows in places where people do not want it. It often grows in gardens or fields and can hurt other plants.
The garden has many weeds and needs care.
We pull out weeds to keep the yard clean.
This meaning of weed is used to talk about a person who looks weak or small. It often means the person has no strong body or power.
He looked like a weed next to the big boys.
Don’t be a weed, stand up strong.
To weed means to pull out or remove weeds from a place like a garden or farm. It helps other plants grow better.
We weed the garden every weekend.
She weeded the field by hand.
In slang, weed means marijuana, a plant some people use to get high. It is not legal in all places.
He smoked weed with his friends yesterday.
Weed is illegal in some countries.
Weed can also mean something weak, old, or not useful. People use it to say an object is bad or poor quality.
This old phone is just a weed, it breaks often.
Don’t buy that car; it’s a weed.
As a verb, to weed out means to remove bad or unwanted things or people to make something better.
The manager weeded out bad players from the team.
We need to weed the bad ideas from the plan.
