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Meaning of "weevily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WEEVILY

weevily  [ˈwiːvɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEEVILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Weevily is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WEEVILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

weevily

Weevil

A weevil is a type of beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 millimetres, and herbivorous. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae. Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil, which belongs to the family Anobiidae. Many weevils are damaging to crops. The grain or wheat weevil damages stored grain. The boll weevil attacks cotton crops. It lays its eggs inside cotton bolls, and the young weevils eat their way out. Weevils are often found in dry foods including nuts and seeds, cereal and grain products, such as pancake mix. In the domestic setting, they are most likely to be observed when a bag of flour is opened. Their presence is often indicated by the granules of the infested item sticking together in strings, as if caught in a cobweb. One species of weevil, Austroplatypus incompertus exhibits eusociality, one of the few organisms outside of Hymenoptera to do so.

Definition of weevily in the English dictionary

The definition of weevily in the dictionary is containing weevils.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WEEVILY


bailey
ˈbeɪlɪ
billy
ˈbɪlɪ
chile
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chili
ˈtʃɪlɪ
daily
ˈdeɪlɪ
easily
ˈiːzɪlɪ
evilly
ˈiːvɪlɪ
family
ˈfæmɪlɪ
heavily
ˈhevɪlɪ
highly
ˈhaɪlɪ
lily
ˈlɪlɪ
necessarily
ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ
nervily
ˈnɜːvɪlɪ
privily
ˈprɪvɪlɪ
savvily
ˈsævɪlɪ
scurvily
ˈskɜːvɪlɪ
silly
ˈsɪlɪ
top-heavily
ˌtɒpˈhevɪlɪ
uncivilly
ʌnˈsɪvɪlɪ
wavily
ˈweɪvɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEEVILY

weeny
weeny-bopper
weep
weeper
weephole
weepie
weepier
weepies
weepiest
weepily
weepiness
weeping
weeping ivy
weeping willow
weepingly
weepy
weever
weevil
weevilled
weft

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEEVILY

arbitrarily
bodily
extended family
extraordinarily
happily
happy family
Holy Family
luckily
momentarily
oily
ordinarily
primarily
readily
royal family
satisfactorily
Sicily
steadily
temporarily
unnecessarily
voluntarily

Synonyms and antonyms of weevily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «weevily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEEVILY

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The translations of weevily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «weevily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

weevily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

weevily
570 millions of speakers

English

weevily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

weevily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

weevily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

weevily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

weevily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

weevily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charançonné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weevily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

weevily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

weevily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sak tenane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mọt lá cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

weevily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंटाळवाणेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

weevily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

weevily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

weevily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

weevily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

weevily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

weevily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koring wormen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

weevily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

weevily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of weevily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEEVILY»

The term «weevily» is used very little and occupies the 155.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEEVILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «weevily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «weevily» 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 weevily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEEVILY»

Discover the use of weevily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to weevily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
ghum is accompanied by a supplemental certificate which provides for the delivery by the warehouseman of grain sorghum which does not grade "Weevily" and which is otherwise of an eligible grade and quality. When the warehouse receipt ...
‎1987
2
Technical Bulletin
The cowpeas or beans in the sample are carefully examined, and if one to three weevily seeds are found the whole lot is reduced 50 cents per 100 pounds. If four to six weevily seeds are found the lot is reduced 75 cents per 100 pounds.
‎1938
3
Kenya Gazette
... noi maize which is ' weevily but the expoitation of " slightly weevily " maize shall be permissible 12 No ceitificate of giade shall be issued m respect of any consignment of maize found on examination to be wet, unripe, oi badly developed, ...
4
Kenya Gazette
Under-Grade To include all maize which cannot be classed in a higher grade, but to be in dry condition, fit for shipment, and contain not more than 40 per cent. of defective grains. Flat White No. 2 .. (Slightly weevily.) S.W. Slightly weevily, but in  ...
5
Grain Grading Primer
WEEVILY GRAIN The official standards provide that grain, except flaxseed, shall be graded "Weevily" if infested with live weevils or other insects injurious to stored grain (fig. 14). Some insects eat the grain, while others bore into it and lay  ...
‎1957
6
Grain grading primer
WEEVILY GRAfN The official standards provide that grain, except flaxseed, shall be graded "Weevily" if infested with live weevils or other insects injurious to stored grain (fig. 14). Some insects eat the grain, while others bore into it and lay  ...
Willis Becker Combs, Fred George Smith, 1948
7
Proposed Revised Federal Grain Standards, Including Explanations
Weevily Mixed Feed Oats shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the standards ... feed oats if they were not weevily, and there shall be added to, and made a part of, the grade designation, the word "Weevily.
‎1933
8
American Ballads and Folk Songs
WEEVILY. WHEAT. (2). Chorus: The higher up the cherry tree The riper grows the berry; The more you hug and kiss the girls The sooner they will marry. Over the hill to feed my sheep And over the river to Charley; Over the river to feed my ...
John Avery Lomax, Alan Lomax, Harold William Thompson, 1934
9
Handbook of Official Grain Standards of the United States
Weevily Wheat Definition. — Weevily wheat shall be wheat which is infested with live weevils or other insects injuiious to stored grain. Grades. — Weevily wheat shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the ...
‎1956
10
Kenya Gazette
No certificate of grade shall be issued in respect of any consignment of maize found on examination to be wet, unripe or badly developed, musty or "weevily"; for the export of maize which is defective in these respects but whose export is not ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEEVILY»

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1
The jarring truth about Mason jars
For a while there, the Mason jar—formerly as much a fixture of Grandma's kitchen shelf as a box of weevily custard powder—extended its dominion even unto ... «ABC Online, Feb 15»
2
Simple foods, simple pleasures
People who hunted, gathered, and sometimes grew their own crops successfully for centuries had to depend on federally issued bacon and weevily white flour ... «HPPR, Nov 14»
3
Child sex abuse inquiry: Ex-residents of Darwin's Retta Dixon home …
You know bread and dripping and that sort of thing, weevily porridge. "There is not a lot you can take off children that have got nothing and are starving, but they ... «ABC Online, Sep 14»
4
Officials to utilize weevils to wipe out unwanted invasive weed in …
Containers full of the weevily weed get hauled statewide from four nurseries to fight salvinia. Sanders and other scientists in Louisiana hope the few northern ... «Marietta Daily Journal, Mar 14»
5
Conservationists? Abbott can't see the wood for the trees
Tony Abbott must have been fed a load of weevily, industry-spiked porridge to conclude (at a timber industry dinner) that ''we have too much locked-up forest''. «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 14»
6
Washington Redskins team name: Another letter, the same spirit
... but unemployed and usually returned to reservations to collect the government dole of weevily flour and diseased beef. They came from places like Anadarko, ... «Washington Post, Oct 13»
7
Joseph Mitchell's Ear for New York
'What kind of a timid, dried-up, weevily fellow were you?' I say to myself. 'You should've said to hell with what's right and what's wrong, the devil take the ... «New Yorker, Feb 13»
8
Andrew Lincoln: I have a mad life where I shoot zombies for a living
These evil, weevily things burrow into your skin and then eat you from the inside. No horror movie has ever created anything as evil as that. I don’t think they ... «Metro, Feb 12»
9
Are You More Afraid Of Success Than Failure?
Giving up membership in the ain't-it-awful club and letting go of weevily peanuts may have any number of risks associated with them, but the risks have more to ... «Huffington Post, Jun 11»
10
Personal Transformation: How to Overcome What Holds You Back
A follow-up article to my piece about weevily peanuts focuses on "the wheel of life," providing some insights into how to assess where you are in life against ... «Huffington Post, Jun 11»

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