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Memory, in widow's weeds, with naked feet stands on a tombstone.
Aubrey de Vere

Meaning of "widow's weeds" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIDOW'S WEEDS

widow's weeds  [ˈwɪdəʊz wiːdz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIDOW'S WEEDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Widow's weeds is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIDOW'S WEEDS


beads
biːdz
boards
bɔːdz
cards
kɑːdz
cords
kɔːdz
deeds
diːdz
Guards
ɡɑːdz
keyboards
ˈkiːbɔːdz
Leeds
liːdz
Lords
lɔːdz
Meads
miːdz
needs
niːdz
proceeds
ˈprəʊsiːdz
records
ˈrɛkɔːdz
regards
rɪˈɡɑːdz
rewards
rɪˈwɔːdz
thirds
θɜːdz
towards
təˈwɔːdz
tweeds
twiːdz
weeds
wiːdz
words
wɜːdz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIDOW'S WEEDS

widish
Widnes
widow
widow bird
widow woman
widow´s benefit
widow´s cruse
widow´s mite
widow´s peak
widow´s pension
widow´s walk
widowed
widower
widowerhood
widowhood
widowman
width
widthway
widthways
widthwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIDOW'S WEEDS

Beds
bunk beds
caraway seeds
catch a few zeds
Chiltern Hundreds
classifieds
hundreds
marrieds
meds
one´s heart bleeds
red beds
sesame seeds
special educational needs
special needs
sunflower seeds
the hundreds
twin beds
young marrieds
zeds

Synonyms and antonyms of widow's weeds in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «widow's weeds» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIDOW'S WEEDS

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

Translator English - Chinese

寡妇的杂草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de luto
570 millions of speakers

English

widow´s weeds
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विधवा का मातम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأعشاب الأرملة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сорняки вдовы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de viúva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিধবা এর আগাছা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de veuve
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumpai janda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Witwen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

未亡人の雑草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과부의 잡초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suket janda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ dại góa phụ của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விதவையின் களைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विधवा च्या तण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dulun yabani otları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vedovile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chwasty wdowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бур´яни вдови
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buruieni văduve
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζιζάνια χήρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weduwee se onkruid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

änkedräkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enke ugress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of widow's weeds

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIDOW'S WEEDS»

The term «widow's weeds» is normally little used and occupies the 122.145 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about widow's weeds

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QUOTES WITH «WIDOW'S WEEDS»

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Aubrey de Vere
Memory, in widow's weeds, with naked feet stands on a tombstone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIDOW'S WEEDS»

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Widow's Weeds: Or, For Years I Couldn't Wear My Black: a ...
Category: Comedy, Thriller Characters: 4 males, 3 females When nice Mrs.
Anthony Shaffer, 1989
2
Widow's Weeds
The Camarilla, after losing ground along the East Coast in its recent war with the Sabbat, has claimed control of New York City at last. Now the story of their covert activities and greatest victories is finally told.
Eric Griffin, 2001
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Widow's Weeds
Soon after, one man is dead, another goes mad, and a third meets a fate no one expected. Widow''s Weeds is a series of intersecting stories about Elizabeth''s life and the people she''s left behind.
Kimberly Cifone, 2005
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Widow's Weeds: Lessons Learned from the Death of a Partner
The author's candid approach to the material and her unique sense of humor present a new way of looking at the process of death and the loss of a partner.
Lisa Courtney, Trafford Publishing, 2006
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Poetry of the Civil War: Poems of a Bygone Era
Widow's Weeds David Chaltas 1/28/04 She wears a sign of mourning Where death planted his seeds. Her heart strings are adorning The dreaded Widow's weeds. The darkness of her linen Along with her black veil. Reflections of the endin'; ...
David Chaltas, 2006
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Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Specialized Issues
Queen Victoria in "Widow's Weeds" at lower right. Signature varieties. Back: Green. Printer: BABNC. Face proof. S782 10 Dollars 1.9.1880. Black on green underprint. Queen Victoria in "Widow's Weeds" at lower right. Signature varieties.
George S. Cuhaj, 2009
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Cottage Country Killers: A Crime and Mystery Collection
I only just managed to scramble to the verge before the left front wheel skidded to a stop exactly where my foot had been seconds earlier. Tess. My daughter-in-law lowered the window part way and pushed her 34 Widow's Weeds Sue Pike.
Vicki Cameron, Linda Wiken, 1997
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Chaucer and Array: Patterns of Costume and Fabric Rhetoric ...
Criseyde's concern for her reputation, her requirement of secrecy in her affair with Troilus, and her need for Ector's ongoing sympathetic protection argue for the idea that she continued to wear her widow's weeds so long as she remained in ...
Laura F. Hodges, 2014
9
Seven by Sinclair
Hal took off his widow's weeds; and with them he shed the merriment he had worn for the benefit of the men. There came a sudden reaction; he realised that he was tired. For ten days he had lived in a whirl of excitement, scarcely stopping to ...
Upton Sinclair, 2012
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The Chambers Dictionary
[OE weodz herb] weed2 wed, n a garment, clothing or outfit (archaic); armour ( archaic); (in pi) a widow's mourning apparel (also widow's weeds). — (/<// weed y clad in widow's mourning. [OE ward, wide clothing; OHGer wot cloth] weed3 or ...
Allied Chambers, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIDOW'S WEEDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term widow's weeds is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 'Paradise Blue' Rekindles Racial Drama in 1949 Detroit
When this alluring stranger glides into a Detroit nightclub in Dominique Morisseau's jazz-infused “Paradise Blue” — clad in glamorous widow's weeds, a set of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Lincoln funeral event: Mourning in the 1850s was no simple act
'Widow's weeds'. Some of the mourning customs of the Civil War era seem bizarre — even a little creepy — today. When Prince Albert, husband of Queen ... «The State Journal-Register, May 15»
3
Mourning the fashion industry's colourful past
Widow's weeds” was slang for the head-to-toe black that the wife of the dearly departed wore, sometimes for years. In fact, a widow who didn't wear black for the ... «National Post, May 15»
4
Bonnets aplenty at Uncle Eli's Quilting Party
Grandma Hinshaw was born in 1885 and was married around 1927. There were a couple of mourning bonnets that would have comprised the widow's weeds of ... «Burlington Times News, Apr 15»
5
Met Opera: A New 'Merry Widow' With Renee Fleming In Widow's
Augmenting this splendid evocation of Belle Epoque Paris are William Ivey Long's costumes, widow's weeds for Fleming like few widows have ever worn, black ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
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The Art of Widowhood
"Widow's weeds" originally intended to simplify the female form and shroud a woman's grief, but the Metropolitan's new exhibit "Death Becomes Her" proves that ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
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Mourning glory: Two centuries of funeral dress
And, as it turns out, the 'widow's weeds' (from the Old English word waed meaning garment) have their origins in monastic dress. Simple, black, nun-like ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
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'Lincoln's Blood' by Covey Theatre a reminder of the horrific …
Straight and still in her widow's weeds, she stands in stark contrast to Mrs. Lincoln, fluttering about decked out in hoop-skirted finery (the terrific period costumes ... «The Post-Standard - syracuse.com, Nov 14»
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New Met exhibit looks at 19th century mourning
Of course, not every widow back then looked like doughy Queen Victoria. ... Even department stores devoted entire sections to ready-to-wear widow's weeds. «New York Post, Oct 14»
10
Spooky traditions? How about portraits with deceased!
Cemetery celebrations and widow's weeds hold funereal fascination for many. In keeping with the season for slightly spooky subjects, a program about Victorian ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Oct 14»

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