Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of removing weeds from ground.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
weed , v. - a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for cutting the roots of large weeds under ground.
- an instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding.
- a strong, three-pronged fork, used in clearing ground of weeds; -- called also
weeding iron . - Same as Weed hook, under 3d
Weed . - See Weeding fork, above.
- Same as Weeding forceps, above.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
weed . - noun
Action of the verb toweed .
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Examples
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Submitter: We have started a major project in weeding our biography section.
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The evidence from that experience shows how effective and efficient corporate takeovers were in weeding out and/or re-capitalizing unhealthy firms and how lucrative the process was for investors.
Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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My particular interest is in weeding out implausible and potentially dangerous products out of community pharmacies.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Review of Commercial Weight-Loss Programs 2009
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Submitter: We have started a major project in weeding our biography section.
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My flowers and herbs are grown larger, some new weeding is needed, two clumps of herbs are new wild ones.
A glass garden Beth 2007
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My flowers and herbs are grown larger, some new weeding is needed, two clumps of herbs are new wild ones.
A glass garden Beth 2007
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Good luck to the next president in weeding out the George Deutsches and convincing professionals to come back.
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Google Analytics did a good job in weeding out efforts to inflate visitor count.
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Thay are, after all, a tax exempt, non partisan 501c entity only intersted in weeding out corruption (or at leaset having it investigated) in government regardless of the party ......
Sound Politics: Media fixation with Mark Foley -- on-target or wishful thinking? 2006
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If she be a quick-witted lady, she soon sees the error of her ways and begins a process of "weeding" -- as difficult as it is unwise, each rejected "weed" instantly becoming an enemy for life, not to speak of the risk she, in her ignorance, runs of mistaking for "detrimentals" the _fines fleurs_ of the worldly parterre.
Worldly Ways and Byways Eliot Gregory 1884
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