I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
weed the garden (= remove unwanted wild plants )
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She was outside weeding the garden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
perennial
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First dig out all the perennial weeds .
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They may take a week or so to work, but can kill most deep-rooted perennial weeds without being persistent.
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You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later.
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New ground should be cleared of perennial weed , removing deep roots of docks, thistles and bindweed.
■ NOUN
control
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On weed control for all the plots, the Novartis team had the edge.
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Autumn residuals proved critical for good weed control .
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It also proved that mistakes with weed control were expensive to rectify later.
killer
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Soil: The favourite growing medium for waterlilies is heavy garden soil that has not been in contact with insecticides or weed killers .
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Napalm poured into the villages while weed killers defoliated the countryside.
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Use weed killers very selectively, for spot rather than general treatment.
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For maximum effectiveness, weed killers and fertilizers should be applied now, says Glenn Hester, a Hidalgo County cotton farmer.
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In a typical year, Valley cotton farmers would be in the fields now, applying weed killer and preparing the land.
■ VERB
clear
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And so it remained, an eyesore and a danger, although Beth herself regularly cleared the weeds from the path.
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New ground should be cleared of perennial weed , removing deep roots of docks, thistles and bindweed.
grow
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You don't have to bother with all this stuff, you just leave it, to grow weeds .
kill
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However, although there was no damage to the crop, the herbicide was almost totally ineffective in killing the weeds .
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They may take a week or so to work, but can kill most deep-rooted perennial weeds without being persistent.
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Other uses include removing Artex, lifting vinyl floor tiles, killing weeds and sterilising soil, etc.
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Among other tips, they suggest a chemical- free way to kill weeds is to use old carpet.
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And no herbicides to kill weeds and no pesticides.
pull
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The third woman went to pull a weed in her front yard and a rattler bit her hand.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dorothea bent down and pulled weeds out of the garden.
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Everyone called me a weed when I was at school because I was so bad at sports.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds which smother less competitive, more attractive plants.
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He spent a whole year bumming from friends, crashing in strange places, selling weed with pals to make his bread.
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It may even look like a rather pretty weed , but it's still a weed.
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Nor is genetic engineering the only way weeds become herbicide-resistant.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among those prickly areas: the use of technology and the process for weeding books and periodicals from the system.
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Deceased family and friends are honored as their graves are cleaned, weeded, refurbished and painted by family and friends.
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In particular, men assist more with ploughing as well as with sowing, weeding and harvesting.
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Suburban communities swiftly expel sleazy politicians and weed out corrupt practices.
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The idea is that recruits from the towns will weed the crops.
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The turnover of wild individuals in an established population is a drastic weeding out of animals that are either unfit or unlucky.
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The women polish the furniture, scrub the kitchen and weed the flowerbeds while Mrs McCormick is gone.