Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Overgrown with weeds.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
weed .
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Examples
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When demand for books such as "The Lost Symbol" dwindles, many copies are weeded from the collection.
Montgomery library system must be choosier Cody Calamaio 2010
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Some get weeded from the library’s collection and sold in used book sales.
Daddy moved out and Mommy is upset (and it is probably your fault) « Awful Library Books 2010
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If it's true that you read this already and true that you "weeded out all the nonsense", then if you are being rational about your choices, your rejection of the locative in -e as per the Bonfantes themselves implies that you "weeded" that out too for some *very clear* reason.
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But during the 1930s, the British soldier's file was "weeded"
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Heller said she found many of the books that needed to be "weeded" from the library after she arrived (from Cobb County in 2001) were leftovers from Henderson High's collection, adding, "This prompted us to work with our students to create a time capsule on the web that would document items of hist orical interest."
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Heller said she found many of the books that needed to be "weeded" from the library after she arrived (from Cobb County in 2001) were leftovers from Henderson High's collection, adding, "This prompted us to work with our students to create a time capsule on the web that would document items of hist orical interest."
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Heller said she found many of the books that needed to be "weeded" from the library after she arrived (from Cobb County in 2001) were leftovers from Henderson High's collection, adding, "This prompted us to work with our students to create a time capsule on the web that would document items of hist orical interest."
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On one hand, I am glad those individuals are 'weeded' out up front, rather than later.
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Heller said she found many of the books that needed to be "weeded" from the library after she arrived (from Cobb County in 2001) were leftovers from Henderson High's collection, adding, "This prompted us to work with our students to create a time capsule on the web that would document items of hist orical interest."
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Heller said she found many of the books that needed to be "weeded" from the library after she arrived (from Cobb County in 2001) were leftovers from Henderson High's collection, adding, "This prompted us to work with our students to create a time capsule on the web that would document items of hist orical interest."
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