weed

• Nom désignant une plante indésirable qui pousse dans les jardins, les champs ou d'autres endroits cultivés, souvent en concurrence avec les plantes souhaitées pour les ressources. Peut aussi désigner familièrement le cannabis ou la marijuana.

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.

   Mauvaise herbe

   • 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.

   Cannabis (argot)

   • 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.

   Synonymesbudcannabischronicdopeganjagrassherbmarijuanapotreeferskunk

• Verbe signifiant uriner, souvent utilisé de manière informelle ou dans le langage adressé aux enfants.

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

1. UrinateA2informalbritish

   To pass urine from the body.

   uriner

   • 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.

   Synonymesmicturatepass waterpeepiddletinkleurinateweewee

• Enlever les plantes indésirables d'un jardin ou d'un terrain, ou au sens figuré, éliminer les éléments indésirables ou de mauvaise qualité d'un groupe.

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.

   désherber

   • 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.

   Synonymesclearcultivatedig uphoepull upthin

   Antonymesplantsow

2. Remove unwanted elementsB2formal

   To remove or eliminate unwanted or inferior parts from something.

   éliminer les éléments indésirables

   • 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.

   Synonymesculleliminateeradicateextractfilterpurgeremoveroot outseparate outsiftsort outwinnow

Variantes phrasalweed out