any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
"The gardener pulled up every weed to ensure nothing would crowd out the tomato seedlings."
a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
"After his father's funeral, he kept the black weed on his sleeve to honor the deceased."
Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
"After months of feeling well, the new mother suffered a severe weed that left her burning with fever just as she prepared for labor."
A garment or piece of clothing.
A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
In plain English: A weed is an unwanted plant that grows where you don't want it, usually messing up your garden or lawn.
"The children pulled all the weeds from the garden before planting flowers."
Usage: Use "weed" to refer specifically to an unwanted plant rather than any type of grass or flower. When describing illness in childbirth contexts, this archaic meaning should be avoided entirely.
To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
"The toddler had wee'd on the carpet before his mother could change his diaper."
simple past tense and past participle of wee
In plain English: To weed means to pull unwanted plants out of your garden so they don't take over.
"I need to stop and pull out some weeds from my garden before planting flowers."
A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
"The historic town of Weed lies along Highway 97 in Siskiyou County, California."
The word "weed" comes from the Middle English weod, which was borrowed directly from Old English with the same meaning of an unwanted plant. It has been used in this sense since before recorded history, evolving naturally through Germanic languages without a significant shift in its core definition.