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 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.
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 weeded
      adj : having had weeds removed