Weeds

  

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Weeds

Definition: Weeds

Weeds

Noun

1. A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning.

2. A black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "weeds" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Weeds

DomainDefinition

Computing

Weeds n. 1. Refers to development projects or algorithms that have no possible relevance or practical application. Comes from `off in the weeds'. Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for microcode is serious weeds...." 2. At CDC/ETA before its demise, the phrase `go off in the weeds' was equivalent mainstream hackerdom's jump off into never-never land. Source: Jargon File.

19th Century Satire

Found in gardens and widows. For removing easily, marry the widow. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Literature

Weeds Widow's weeds. (Anglo-Saxon, waed, a garment.) There are the compounds waed-bréc (breeches or garment for the breech), waedless (naked or without clothing), and so on. Spenser speaks of
"A goodly lady clad in hunter's weed." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Weeds

Synonyms: mourning band (n), widow's weeds (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Weeds

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clothing

Kimono; lungi; shooting-coat; mufti; rags, tatters, old clothes; mourning, weeds; duds; slippers.

Divorce

Widowhood, viduity, weeds.

Inutility

Litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes; button top; shoddy; rags, orts, trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings, waste, rubble, debris, detritus; stubble, leavings; broken meat; dregs; (dirt); weeds, tares; rubbish heap, dust hole; rudera, deads.

Lamentation

Mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory; knell; deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium; threne; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade; ullalulla.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Weeds

English words defined with "weeds": Alopecurusbog hempcrowd outDungmeerElephant's footfalse nettle, family Plantaginaceaegenus Alopecurus, genus Hypochaeris, genus Hypochoeris, genus Senecio, genus Sisymbrium, giant foxtail, goosefoot, Green fallowHieracium praealtum, Hypochaeris, Hypochoerisindustriously, inexterminable, inextirpableJacanaking devilmilk thistlePlantaginaceae, plantain, plantain family, pondweedRanklySarcle, Senecio, simazine, sow thistle, spud, stump spud, Summer fallow, Sweetweed, Swingleweed, weeded, weeder, Weedery, Weeding chisel, Weeding fork, Weeding-rhim, weedless, weedyyellow hawkweed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "weeds": Alachlorbiennial weeds, BILL OF SALECemetery, chemical hoeing, chemical weed control, chemical weeding, chinese rake, clean-up worker, crop scientis, crop-research scientistdisengagement cutting, disengagement felling, ditchbank weedsemergent aquatics, emergent weeds, emersed aquatics, emersed weeds, EXTERMINATOR HELPERFallow cropland, FARMWORKER, DIVERSIFIED CROPS I, FARMWORKER, DIVERSIFIED CROPS II, FARMWORKER, VEGETABLE I, FARMWORKER, VEGETABLE II, Federal Noxious Weed Act, floating aquatics, floating weeds, FOREST WORKERGARDEN WORKER, gardener-florist, general utility worker, ground coveringHerbicides, HYDROELECTRIC-PLANT MAINTAINERLABORER, GENERAL, laborer, vegetable farm, LANDSCAPE SPECIALIST, LuteovirusMAINTENANCE WORKER, MUNICIPAL, MATURITY CHECKER, meerschaumNoxious weedspark worker, perennial weeds, pest control worker helper, Pest scoutingRadegundSIGN OF A HOUSE TO LET, silly plough, silly ploughing, silly plow, silly plowing, spray cultivation, SPRAYER, HAND, submerged aquatics, submerged weeds, submersed aquatics, submersed weeds, surface aquaticsThanVECTOR CONTROL ASSISTANT, vegetable workerweed control, weed eradication, WEED INSPECTOR, WEEDER-THINNER, weed-hook, weedicide, weeds screen, Wraxenyard worker. (references)
Etymologies containing "weeds": Weedery. (references)

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Modern Usage: Weeds

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Now what is a wedding, well Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as: the process of removing weeds from one's garden (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Tim, you're just a lost ball in the high weeds. (Bad Day at Black Rock; writing credit: Howard Breslin; Don McGuire)

In England, roses are out -- weeds are in. Is that all (Funeral in Berlin; writing credit: Len Deighton; Evan Jones)

I've been known to pull a few weeds. (American Gothic; writing credit: Mariana Reyes; Doris Seguí)

Lyrics

Palm trees and weeds, scabbed knees and rice (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK)

Clever

A person of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Let's Look at Weeds (1959)

The Garden of Weeds (1924)

In the Weeds (2000)

Weeds (1987)

Widows Weeds (1981)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Weeds

DomainTitle

Books

  • Color Atlas of Turfgrass Weeds (reference)

  • Nature's Weeds, Native Medicine, Native American Herbal Secrets (reference)

  • Weeds (reference)

  • Weeds of the Northern United States & Canada: A Guide for Identification (reference)

  • Widow's Weeds (Clan Novel: Tremere Trilogy, Book 2) (reference)

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Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Weeds

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Photo Album: Weeds

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Junvenile lobster use weeds and sponges as refuge. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Wiper attachment applies contact herbicide to only those weeds that grow above the soybean canopy for this northwest Iowa farmer. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Crop scouting for pests, including weeds and insects. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Spot spraying problem weeds is the preferred method of weed control rather than general application of pesticides over the entire yard. Spot spraying is a practice also used on farms. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Weeds choke flood dammaged farm of African American farmer Bennie Butler in Calhoun County, GA. Credit: USDA.

Plant genticist Robert Dilday checks a rice variety that keeps weeds at bay by releasing a natural chemical. Credit: USDA.

Plant pathologist Rick Bennett examines fungi that may be used for biological control of pernicious weeds. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

In cooperation with University of California scientist and others, ARS plant pathologist Lars Anderson researches treatments that will stem the growth of aquatic weeds such as Eurasian watermilfoil. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Brian Prechtel..

A single, white wildflower amongst desert weeds. Credit: Beth Perault.

Blurry little weeds with purple flowers and an Agua Fria National Monument mountain range in the background. Credit: Beth Perault.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Weeds
 

"Weeds" by Tracy Woodward
Commentary: "These are weeds from my back yard."
"Yellow Weeds and Sky 1" by Shawn Sutherland
Commentary: "Yellow, flowering weeds. A little blurry here and there but pretty nonetheless against a clear blue sky."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Weeds

AuthorQuotation

David Hume

The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds.

Dorothy Day

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

Emily Bronte

Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, or idlest froth amid the boundless main.

Henry Ward Beecher

He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

Jonathan Westover

We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Robert Green Ingersoll

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

Thomas Fuller

A good garden may have some weeds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Weeds

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

But little Pearl was not clad in rustic weeds.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

A young girl was pulling weeds in a field, where a large green poster, probably of a travelling show at some annual fair, fluttered in the wind

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A field of stiff weeds and thistles and tufted nettlebunches

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And Pa was born here, and he killed weeds and snakes

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

A long war, not with cranes, but with weeds, those Trojans who had sun and rain and dews on their side

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Weeds

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

For example, people allergic to ragweed may leave their ragweed-ridden communities and relocate to areas where ragweed does not grow, only to develop allergies to other weeds or even to grasses or trees in their new surroundings. (references)

If you have allergies, you're probably well aware that the sneezin' season is upon us.  During the warm weather months, pollen from trees, weeds, and grasses fills the air and finds its way into the noses and throats of just about everyone. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

Over 30+ACU- of the annual harvest is lost due to controllable insects, fungi and weeds. (references)

Ukraine

The best potential for U.S. firms wishing to enter the market and those already operating in Ukraine is in pesticides that combat weeds, plant diseases and insects. (references)

Trade

Azerbaijan

State plant quarantine inspection laws ensure standards on products that may carry diseases, pests and/or weeds that have quarantine significance for Azerbaijan. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white clay, which for convenience in coloring it brown is made into tobacco pipes and smoked by the workmen engaged in that industry. The purpose of coloring it has not been disclosed by the manufacturers. There was a youth (you've heard before, This woeful tale, may be), Who bought a meerschaum pipe and swore That color it would he! He shut himself from the world away, Nor any soul he saw. He smoke by night, he smoked by day, As hard as he could draw. His dog died moaning in the wrath Of winds that blew aloof; The weeds were in the gravel path, The owl was on the roof. "He's gone afar, he'll come no more," The neighbors sadly say. And so they batter in the door To take his goods away. Dead, pipe in mouth, the youngster lay, Nut-brown in face and limb. "That pipe's a lovely white," they say, "But it has colored him!" The moral there's small need to sing -- 'Tis plain as day to you: Don't play your game on any thing That is a gamester too. Martin Bulstrode

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Weeds

"Weeds" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 95.91% of the time. "Weeds" is used about 488 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)95.91%46912,605
Lexical Verb (-s form)2.66%1397,576
Noun (proper)1.43%7133,076
                    Total100.00%488N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Weeds

Expressions using "weeds": annual weeds biennial weeds clear from weeds ditchbank weeds emergent weeds emersed weeds floating weeds ill weeds grow apace perennial weeds submerged weeds submersed weeds weeds screen widow's weeds. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "weeds": pond-weeds, Sea-weeds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Weeds

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

weeds

762

florida weeds

12

lawn weeds

156

common lawn weeds

11

noxious weeds

56

lawn care weeds

10

picture weeds

54

poisonous weeds

10

kill weeds

39

weeds west

10

killing weeds

32

vinegar weeds

10

identifying weeds

32

kill lake weeds

10

pond weeds

29

invasive weeds

10

garden weeds

29

get rid of weeds

9

identify weeds

25

photo weeds

9

type weeds

24

rid of weeds

9

common weeds

23

nantucket.com weeds

9

lake weeds

23

weeds yard

9

grass weeds

21

biological control weeds

9

aquatic weeds

19

identify lawn weeds

9

broadleaf weeds

18

michigan weeds

8

biblical weeds

17

thistle weeds

8

edible weeds

15

colorado noxious weeds

8

lawn picture weeds

15

flowering weeds

7

texas weeds

14

water weeds

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Weeds

Language Translations for "weeds"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rroba zije. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

траур (mourning, sables). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(arrow), , (grass), 杂草 (Weed). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vinterannuelt ukrudt (annual weeds), ukrudtskaerm (weeds screen), ukrudtfanger (weeds screen), toaarigt ukrudt (biennial weeds), sommerannuelt ukrudt (annual weeds), skadevirkning af ukrudt (injurious effect of weeds), rodukrudt (root propagating weeds, root-propagated weed), groeftekantsvegetation (ditchbank weeds), frøukrudt (seed-propagated weeds), foer roerne spirer,bekaempes det allerede spirede ukrudt med en ukrudtsstrigle med lille tangvaegt,men mange taender (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), flerårigt ukrudt (perennial weeds), fastsiddende eller fritsvoemmende vandplanter med eller uden flydeblade (emergent aquatics, emergent weeds, emersed aquatics, emersed weeds, floating aquatics, floating weeds, submerged aquatics, submerged weeds, submersed aquatics, submersed weeds, surface aquatics). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wortelstokken verspreidend onkruid (root propagating weeds), wortelonkruid (perennial weeds, root-propagated weed), zaadonkruid (seed-propagated weeds), tweejarig onkruid (biennial weeds), schade door onkruid (injurious effect of weeds), overblijvend onkruid (perennial weeds), opduikend onkruid (emergent aquatics, emergent weeds, emersed aquatics, emersed weeds), onderwater-onkruid (submerged aquatics, submerged weeds, submersed aquatics, submersed weeds), meerjarig onkruid (perennial weeds), krooshek (weeds screen), het opkomende onkruid wordt voor de opkomst van de bieten vernietigd met behulp van een lichte onkruideg met veel tanden (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), eenjarig onkruid (annual weeds), drijvend onkruid (floating aquatics, floating weeds, surface aquatics), bermonkruid (ditchbank weeds). (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

jallmana (to pull weeds). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yksivuotinen rikkakasvi (annual weeds), vedenalainen rikkakasvi (submerged aquatics, submerged weeds, submersed aquatics, submersed weeds), siemenrikkakasvi (seed-propagated weeds), rikkakasvisiivilä (weeds screen), rikkakasvien aiheuttama vahinko (injurious effect of weeds), ojan reunoilla kasvava rikkakasvi (ditchbank weeds), monivuotinen rikkakasvi (perennial weeds), kitkeä (pull up weeds, weed, weed out), kertarikkakasvi (seed-propagated weeds), kelluva rikkakasvi (floating aquatics, floating weeds, surface aquatics), kaksivuotinen rikkakasvi (biennial weeds), juuririkkakasvi (root propagating weeds). (various references)

   

French

  

toile de paillage herbicide (mulching to suppress weeds), mauvaises herbes vivaces (perennial weeds), mauvaises herbes submergées (submerged weeds, submersed weeds), mauvaises herbes propageant des racines (root propagating weeds), mauvaises herbes propagées par des semences (seed-propagated weeds), mauvaises herbes flottantes (floating weeds), mauvaises herbes de berges (ditchbank weeds), mauvaises herbes bisannuelles (biennial weeds), mauvaises herbes annuelles (annual weeds), mauvaises herbes amphibies (emergent weeds, emersed weeds), mauvaises herbes émergées (emergent weeds, emersed weeds), les plantes adventices sont détruites avant que les betteraves sortent,à l'aide d'une herse souple comportant des dents légères mais très rapprochées (the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), grille d'arrêt de mauvaises herbes (weeds screen), dégât causé par les mauvaises herbes (injurious effect of weeds). (various references)

   

German

  

Unkraut (weed), Unkräuter. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πένθιμα ενδύματα χήρασ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyomverte kert (garden running to weeds), elgazosodott kert (garden running to weeds, weed-grown garden), eldudvásodott kert (garden running to weeds), eldobja az özvegyi fátylat (to cast one's weeds), újra férjhez megy (to cast one's weeds). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

gulma. (various references)

   

Italian

  

vegetazione pluriennale (perennial weeds), vegetazione biennale (biennial weeds), vegetazione annuale (annual weeds), vegetazione acquatica sommersa (submerged aquatics, submerged weeds, submersed aquatics, submersed weeds), vegetazione acquatica galleggiante (floating aquatics, floating weeds, surface aquatics), vegetazione acquatica emergente (emergent aquatics, emergent weeds, emersed aquatics, emersed weeds), prima che le bietole escano,le piante infestanti sono distrutte mediante un erpice snodato,con denti sottili molto avvicinati (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), pacciamatura contro le piante infestanti (mulching to suppress weeds), malerbepropagate per radici (root propagating weeds), malerbe a propagazione per seme (seed-propagated weeds), mal erbe perenni (perennial weeds), griglia per le erbacce (weeds screen), erbacce di sponda (ditchbank weeds), danni causati da piante infestanti (injurious effect of weeds). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

蓬生 (area overgrown with weeds, wasteland), 下草 (undergrowth, weeds beneath a tree). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

したくさ (undergrowth, weeds beneath a tree), よもぎう (area overgrown with weeds, wasteland). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

잡초 (Weed). (various references)

   

Manx

  

feial (dally), brouteraght (dirt, mix up). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eedsway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

luto de viúva. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ierbãrie, haine de doliu (sable), dudãu, buruieniş, buruieni, bãlãrii. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

траур (mourning, sables). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

lusach (plants or weeds). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

korov (darnel, weed). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

malas hierbas (weed, weedage), hierbajos. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sorgdräkt (mourning). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

matem elbisesi (mourning, mourning dress, widow's weeds). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

траур (crape, mourning, sables). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Weeds

LanguageDateSourceJonah Chapter 2, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai egw eipa apwsmai ex ofqalmwn sou ara prosqhsw tou epibleyai proV ton naon ton agion sou
Latin405VulgateEt ego dixi abiectus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum verumtamen rursus videbo templum sanctum tuum
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Y saide, Y am cast awey fro the siyt of thin eeyen; netheles eftsoone Y shal see thin holy
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe water copased me eue vn to the very soule of me: the depe laye aboute me: ad the wedes were wrappte aboude myne heed.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Weeds

LanguageJonah Chapter 2, Verse 5
CebuanoAng katubigan nanaglimis kanako, bisan pa hangtud sa akong kalag; Ang kahiladman nanaglibut kanako; Ang mga lusay nanagputos sa akong ulo.
CroatianPomislih: odbaèen sam ispred oèiju tvojih. Al' ipak oèi upirem svetom Hramu tvojem.
DanishJeg tænkte: "Bort er jeg stødt fra dine Øjne, aldrig mer skal jeg skue dit hellige Tempel."
DutchDe wateren hadden mij omgeven tot de ziel toe, de afgrond omving mij; het wier was aan mijn hoofd gebonden.
FinnishMinä ajattelin: Olen karkoitettu pois sinun silmiesi edestä. Kuitenkin minä saan vielä katsella sinun pyhää temppeliäsi.
GermanWasser umgaben mich bis an mein Leben, die Tiefe umringte mich; Schilf bedeckte mein Haupt.
Haitian CreoleDlo yo kouvri m', yo te prèt pou neye m'. Lanmè a te fin vale m', zèb lanmè te mare nan tout tèt mwen.
HungarianÉs én mondám: Elvettettem a te szemeid elõl; vajha láthatnám még szentséged templomát!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAir laut naik sampai ke bibirku, samudra raya meliputi seluruh tubuhku, ganggang laut membelit kepalaku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa segala air itu sudah mengelilingi aku sampai kepada jiwaku dan tubirpun sudah menangkap aku, dan kepalakupun sudah terbelit dengan lumut.
Manx GaelicHaink ny ushtaghyn mygeayrt-y-moom, eer gys my annym: ren y diunid m'y chruinnaghey mygeayrt, va'n amlagh cast mysh my chione.
MaoriKarapotia ana ahau e te wai, tae tonu iho ki te wairua; i oku taha katoa te rire a taka noa; he rimu nga takai o toku mahunga.
NorwegianJeg tenkte: Jeg er støtt bort fra dine øine. Men jeg skal atter skue op til ditt hellige tempel.
PortugueseAs águas me cercaram até a alma, o abismo me rodeou, e as algas se enrolaram na minha cabeça.   
RumanianApele m`au acoperit pknq aproape sq-mi ia viaya, adkncul m`a knvqluit, papura s`a kmpletit kn jurul capului meu.
SwedishJag tänkte då: 'Jag är bortdriven ifrån dina ögon.' Men jag skall åter få skåda upp mot ditt heliga tempel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Weeds

Derivations

Words ending with "weeds": agueweeds, beggarweeds, bindweeds, bitterweeds, blueweeds, bugleweeds, bullweeds, burweeds, butterweeds, carpetweeds, chickweeds, cottonweeds, crazyweeds, cudweeds, daneweeds, deerweeds, duckweeds, dyeweeds, fireweeds, gulfweeds, gumweeds, hawkweeds, hempweeds, hogweeds, horseweeds, ironweeds, jewelweeds, jimsonweeds, knapweeds, knotweeds, locoweeds, mayweeds, milkweeds, pickerelweeds, pigweeds, pinweeds, pokeweeds, pondweeds, ragweeds, richweeds, rockweeds, rosinweeds, seaweeds, silkweeds, silverweeds, smartweeds, snakeweeds, snapweeds, sneezeweeds, stickweeds, stinkweeds. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Weeds" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eeds, wadeds, weads, wedis, Weede, weedn, weedt, weeed, weegs, Weems, weens, wees, weesh, weets, weevs, weide, werds, woads, wodes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Weeds"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "weeds" (pronounced wē"dz)
4w ē" d zswedes.
3-ē" d zaccedes, beads, bleeds, breeds, cedes, concedes, creeds, deeds, exceeds, feeds, heeds, impedes, leads, meads, misdeeds, misleads, needs, pleads, precedes, proceeds, reads, recedes, reeds, seeds, speeds, succeeds, supersedes.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Weeds

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sewed, swede.

Words within the letters "d-e-e-s-w"

-1 letter: dees, dews, ewes, seed, weds, weed, wees.

-2 letters: dee, dew, eds, ewe, see, sew, wed, wee.

-3 letters: de, ed, es, we.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-s-w"
 

+1 letter: bedews, dweebs, reweds, shewed, skewed, slewed, spewed, stewed, swedes, tweeds, wedels, wedges.

 

+2 letters: deewans, dewaxes, dewiest, dewless, drawees, endwise, lewdest, resawed, resewed, resowed, rewelds, screwed, seaweed, sewered, shrewed, sinewed, strewed, sweated, swelled, swerved, unsewed, wedders, wedelns, wedgies, weeders, welders, welshed, wrested.

 

+3 letters: answered, awardees, bendwise, besnowed, bestowed, burweeds, cudweeds, dewaters, dewiness, doweries, dwellers, dyeweeds, edgeways, edgewise, endowers, eschewed, escrowed, gumweeds, hogweeds, leewards, lewdness, mayweeds, midweeks, pigweeds, pinweeds, ragweeds, redwares, reendows, reshowed, rewashed, rewidens, seaweeds, seesawed, showered, shrewder, shrewdie, sidewise, silkweed, skewered, snapweed, speedway, sumpweed, swiveled, tarweeds, tweedles, waxweeds, weakside, weaseled, wedgiest, weediest, weedless, weekdays, weekends, weirdest, weirdies, weirdoes, weldless, wergelds, westered, wheedles, wideners, wideness, wielders, wormseed, worsened, wrestled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Bible Trace
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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