n.
    - a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.
 - informal cannabis. 
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(the weed)
 tobacco.
 - Brit. informal a contemptibly feeble person.
 - informal a leggy, loosely built horse.
 
v.
  - remove weeds from.
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(weed something out)
 remove unwanted items or members from something.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE wēod (n.), wēodian (v.), of unknown origin.