slovo | definícia |
weeded (encz) | weeded,odplevelený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
weeded (encz) | weeded,vypletý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Weeded (gcide) | Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weeding.] [AS. we['o]dian. See 3d Weed.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to
weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something
hurtful; to extirpate; -- commonly used with out; as, to
weed out inefficiency from an enterprise. "Weed up thyme."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill
things. --Ascham.
[1913 Webster]
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more
man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it
out. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
[1913 Webster]
He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to
Elaiana. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
[1913 Webster] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
weeded (encz) | weeded,odplevelený adj: Zdeněk Brožweeded,vypletý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Unweeded (gcide) | Unweeded \Unweeded\
See weeded. |
|