Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
weeds
IPA transcription: [w'idz]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
weeds, widow's_weeds
Meaning:
a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
Usage examples
It was all weeds and brambles.
Idle, sir, there's my garden just a ruin of weeds.
'Better begin now, then; bad habits, like weeds, grow apace!'
He grasped at weeds and bushes, but they slipped through his hands.
Coarse grass and rank weeds straggled over all the marshy land in the vicinity.
The bird outside had used dull green weeds, while this one used beautiful shining oak stems.
Weeds triumphant ranged, Strangers strolled and spelled At the lone orthography Of the elder dead.
We fetched an armful and hid it in the weeds, and set down to rest, and Tom says, kind of dissatisfied:
You can't pick fruit in the dead of winter, can you? or pull weeds, or rake leaves? What other way is there?"
"Through the pretty sea weeds, fishes of pretty colors and shapes darted here and there, playing at their games.