weed

noun [C]

/wid/

Definition

› any wild plant that grows in a garden or field where it is not wanted: My garden is overrun with weeds.

(Definition of weed noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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