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Weeded

Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Weeding.] [AS. we['o]dian. See 3d Weed.]

  1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.

  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.

    Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill things.
    --Ascham.

    Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
    --Bacon.

  3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive.

    He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to Elaiana.
    --Howell.

  4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.

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weeded

vb. (en-past of: weed)

WordNet
weeded

adj. having had weeds removed

Usage examples of "weeded".

Behind the hospital there was an empty weeded field that covered several acres.