weed

• Sustantivo que designa una planta no deseada que crece en jardines, campos u otros lugares cultivados, compitiendo a menudo con las plantas útiles por los recursos.

A noun referring to an unwanted plant that grows in gardens, fields, or other cultivated areas, often competing with desired plants for resources.

1. Unwanted plantA2formal

   A wild plant growing where it is not wanted, especially among cultivated plants.

   Mala hierba

   • The garden is full of weeds that need to be pulled.
   • She spent the morning removing weeds from the flower bed.
   • Weeds can choke out the growth of vegetables.

2. Marijuana (slang)B2informal

   A slang term for cannabis or marijuana.

   Marihuana (jerga)

   • He was caught smoking weed in the park.
   • They passed a joint of weed around the circle.
   • Weed is legal for recreational use in some states.

   Sinónimosbudcannabischronicdopeganjagrassherbmarijuanapotreeferskunk

• Verbo que significa orinar, usado a menudo de manera informal o en lenguaje dirigido a niños.

A verb meaning to urinate, often used informally or in child-directed speech.

1. UrinateA2informalbritish

   To pass urine from the body.

   Orinar

   • The toddler needed to wee before the car ride.
   • I really need to wee after drinking all that water.
   • He went behind the tree to wee.

   Sinónimosmicturatepass waterpeepiddletinkleurinateweewee

• Arrancar o eliminar las malas hierbas de un jardín o terreno, o en sentido figurado, eliminar elementos no deseados o de baja calidad de un grupo.

A verb meaning to remove unwanted plants from a garden or area, or figuratively to remove unwanted or inferior elements from a group.

1. Remove unwanted plantsA2formal

   To remove weeds from a garden or area of ground.

   Desherbar

   • She spent the morning weeding the flower beds.
   • He weeded the vegetable patch before planting new seeds.
   • They need to weed the entire lawn this weekend.

   Sinónimosclearcultivatedig uphoepull upthin

   Antónimosplantsow

2. Remove unwanted elementsB2formal

   To remove or eliminate unwanted or inferior parts from something.

   eliminar lo no deseado

   • The committee weeded out the weakest applicants.
   • We need to weed the old files from the database.
   • The editor weeded unnecessary paragraphs from the article.

   Sinónimosculleliminateeradicateextractfilterpurgeremoveroot outseparate outsiftsort outwinnow

Variantes phrasalweed out