Weed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Weeding.]
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.”
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.
◄ ►
weeded
adj : having had weeds removed