Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of or consisting of weeds.
- adjective Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed.
- adjective Of a scrawny build; spindly or gawky.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Clad in weeds, or widows' mourning.
- Having the character of a weed; weed-like.
- Consisting of weeds.
- Abounding with weeds.
- Not of good blood; not of good strength or mettle; scraggy; hence, worthless, as for breeding or racing purposes: as, a weedy horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
- adjective Abounding with weeds
- adjective colloq. Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses, and also of persons.
- adjective R. or Colloq. Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Small and
weak - adjective botany Characteristic of a plant that grows
rapidly and spreadsinvasively , and which growsopportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective abounding with or resembling weeds
- adjective being very thin
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Examples
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Stocked fry are raised in weedy beds, and that's the first place they go.
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Along these underwater highways, they make rest stops at intersections and sharp bends, on scattered wood, or in weedy cover along the way.
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AVOID parking in weedy areas at hunting and fishing access sites or swerving off dirt roads through weedy borders.
Three Ways Hunters and Fishermen Can Help Stop the Spread of Invasive Weeds 2005
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On small to midsize waters, look for trout in weedy channels, particularly those with open patches of bottom.
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On small to midsize waters, look for trout in weedy channels, particularly those with open patches of bottom.
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But you can fish it on the swing during a caddis hatch and even use it as a scud imitation in weedy spring creeks.
Hare's Ear 1999
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The other kind of stinker, often called weedy or 'blackberry' cod, has a very strong seaweedy or petrol-like odour which is produced when cod feed on a s
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The other kind of stinker, often called weedy or 'blackberry' cod, has a very strong seaweedy or petrol-like odour which is produced when cod feed on a s
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The other kind of stinker, often called weedy or 'blackberry' cod, has a very strong seaweedy or petrol-like odour which is produced when cod feed on a snail-like mollusc that occurs in some Arctic waters; the weedy odour usually disappears when the cod is cooked.
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The other kind of stinker, often called weedy or 'blackberry' cod, has a very strong seaweedy or petrol-like odour which is produced when cod feed on a snail-like mollusc that occurs in some Arctic waters; the weedy odour usually disappears when the cod is cooked.
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