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Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.
Adela Florence Nicolson

Meaning of "the weed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE WEED

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE WEED

the waves
the way
the weakest link
the Weald
the web
the welfare
the Welsh
the west
the West Bank
the West Country
the West End
the wet
the wharves
the wheel
the Wheel Blacks
the wherewithal
the which
the while
the whip hand
the white

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE WEED

bindweed
bishop´s weed
butterfly weed
chickweed
duckweed
Harris Tweed
Janjaweed
jimson weed
joe-pye weed
knotweed
milkweed
onion weed
oxygen weed
pineapple weed
sargasso weed
seaweed
tangle weed
tumbleweed
tweed
weed

Synonyms and antonyms of the weed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the weed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE WEED

Find out the translation of the weed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the weed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the weed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杂草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la maleza
570 millions of speakers

English

the weed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खरपतवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعشاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сорняк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a erva daninha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আগাছা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la mauvaise herbe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumpai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

das Unkraut
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雑草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잡초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing ganja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ dại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

களை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yabancı ot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

l´ erbaccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chwastów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бур´ян
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iarba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το ζιζάνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die onkruid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ugresset
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the weed

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WEED»

The term «the weed» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.065 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WEED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the weed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the weed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the weed

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QUOTES WITH «THE WEED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the weed.
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Adela Florence Nicolson
Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE WEED»

Discover the use of the weed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the weed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Weed Book: Identifying and Removing Weeds and Introduced ...
The Weed Book includes: - Identification guide with colour photographs and detailed descriptions - Step-by-step, illustrated guide to hand weeding methods - Techniques for the safe use of chemical herbicides to control common weeds - ...
Mark A. Wolff, 2011
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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and ...
In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
Amy Stewart, 2009
3
Jimmy the Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang: My Life in ...
Jimmy Donnelly is an underworld legend. Known to all as Jimmy the Weed, he has mixed with the most notorious gangsters in Britain and the Costa del Crime in a criminal career spanning five decades.
Jimmy Donnelly, 2012
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Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis
From how to grow it, ways to consume it, and places to hide it, to myths debunked, stupid crimes, and pot in pop culture, this smokin’ book is guaranteed to keep you giggling — long after the buzz wears off.
I.M. Stoned, 2009
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Dynamics of Weed Populations
Puts the broad empirical knowledge on weed ecology into a theoretical framework.
Roger Cousens, Martin Mortimer, 1995
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From Northamptonshire to Walker Valley: A History and ...
This book traces nine generations of the Weed family, beginning with Jonas Weed, who arrived in the New World in 1630. Weeds of Newburgh in Orange County, New York, as well as other Weed families across the U.S. are covered.
James H. Wiseman, John L. Weed, 2007
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Weeds and Weed Management on Arable Land: An Ecological Approach
A guide to dealing with the appearance and management of plants with different traits that occur as weeds on arable land.
Sigurd H°akansson, 2003
8
Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, ...
A literary memoir of life, food, and travel in the Mediterranean. Honey from a Weed is a Mediterranean odyssey.
Patience Gray, 1997
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Proceedings of the Conference on Weed Control in Rice, 31 ...
A major change in the weed composition was observed when the transplanted rice was compared to the dry-seeded crop. At maximum weed flowering, the transplanted rice crop had only 5 weed species but the previous dry-seeded crop had ...
‎1983
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Weed
Weed acquired its intriguing name from its founder, Abner Weed, who began purchasing land for a mill site in the 1890s.
Weed Historic Lumber Town Museum, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE WEED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the weed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dance Studio Owner Invented Weed Eater
But it was the Weed Eater—of which he invented both the concept and the name—that made him a fortune while sparking a revolution in lawn care. Mr. Ballas ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 11»

REFERENCE
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