Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to weed
Participle: weeded
Gerund: weeding
Indicative
Present
| I | weed |
| you | weed |
| he;she;it | weeds |
| we | weed |
| you | weed |
| they | weed |
Perfect
| I | have weeded |
| you | have weeded |
| he;she;it | has weeded |
| we | have weeded |
| you | have weeded |
| they | have weeded |
Past
| I | weeded |
| you | weeded |
| he;she;it | weeded |
| we | weeded |
| you | weeded |
| they | weeded |
Pluperfect
| I | had weeded |
| you | had weeded |
| he;she;it | had weeded |
| we | had weeded |
| you | had weeded |
| they | had weeded |
Future
| I | will weed |
| you | will weed |
| he;she;it | will weed |
| we | will weed |
| you | will weed |
| they | will weed |
Future Perfect
| I | will have weeded |
| you | will have weeded |
| he;she;it | will have weeded |
| we | will have weeded |
| you | will have weeded |
| they | will have weeded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | weed |
| you | weed |
| he;she;it | weed |
| we | weed |
| you | weed |
| they | weed |
Perfect
| I | have weeded |
| you | have weeded |
| he;she;it | have weeded |
| we | have weeded |
| you | have weeded |
| they | have weeded |
Imperfect
| I | weeded |
| you | weeded |
| he;she;it | weeded |
| we | weeded |
| you | weeded |
| they | weeded |
Pluperfect
| I | had weeded |
| you | had weeded |
| he;she;it | had weeded |
| we | had weeded |
| you | had weeded |
| they | had weeded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would weed |
| you | would weed |
| he;she;it | would weed |
| we | would weed |
| you | would weed |
| they | would weed |
Perfect
| I | would have weeded |
| you | would have weeded |
| he;she;it | would have weeded |
| we | would have weeded |
| you | would have weeded |
| they | would have weeded |
Imperative
| you | weed |
| we | Let's weed |
| you | weed |
Verbs conjugated like 'weed'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'weed'
deed,
feed,
heed,
meed,
need,
reed,
seed,
wed,
wee,
ween,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "plant not valued for use or beauty," O.E.
weod, uueod "grass, herb, weed," from P.Gmc.
*weud- (cf. O.S.
wiod, E.Fris.
wiud), of unknown origin. Meaning "tobacco" is from 1606; that of "marijuana" is from 1920s. The verb meaning "to clear the ground of weeds" is late O.E.
weodian.
2. From Middle English weeden, weden, from Old English wēodian (“to weed”), from Proto-Germanic *weudōną (“to uproot, weed”). Cognate with West Frisian wjûde, wjudde (“to weed”),
3. Dutch wieden (“to weed”), German Low German weden (“to weed”). See: Dutch '
wieden'.
Sample Sentences
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I weeded my flower bed.
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If these plants are young, the weeders do not see them; and in this case, when they grow larger, the land must be again weeded. But the small plants, which are not less prejudicial, such as the wild Fitch, the wild Oat, Darnel, Fennel-flower, Knot-grass, Restharrow, Fox-tail, the several sorts of Bindweed, (Convolvulus) and all the small Poppies, remain in the field. [1764, Duhamel du Monceau, translated by Philip Miller, The Elements of Agriculture, volume 1, page 265:]
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One cool morning last April in Pyongyang, North Korea, I watched a woman squat over a patch of grass along the Daedong River. A large handkerchief covering her head was knotted below her chin, encircling her sunburned and wrinkled face. As a van passed by blaring patriotic hymns from the oversize speakers on its roof, she weeded the riverbank. In North Korea, keeping the neighborhood clean is a civic duty. But she was far from any neighborhood. She was gathering the weeds for food. [2017 December 17, Kee B. Park, “Amid Talk of Nuclear Weapons, North Koreans Go Hungry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2017, Opinion:]
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She now regretted much having had the case taken to the duke's, for surely it might have been weeded to very good purpose, and no one the wiser. [1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 183:]
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We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.
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Librarians overwhelmingly believe that weeding increases use of books and patron satisfaction. [2003, Juris Dilevko, Lisa Gottlieb, “Weed to achieve: a fundamental part of the public library mission?”, in Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, volume 27, number 1, →DOI, page 73:]