ALL meanings of weed out
weed out
W w - noun weed out a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop. 1
- noun weed out any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted: The vacant lot was covered with weeds. 1
- noun weed out Informal. a cigarette or cigar. 1
- noun weed out Slang. a marijuana cigarette. 1
- noun weed out a thin, ungainly person or animal. 1
- noun weed out a wretched or useless animal, especially a horse unfit for racing or breeding purposes. 1
- noun weed out the weed. Informal. tobacco. Slang. marijuana. 1
- verb with object weed out to free from weeds or troublesome plants; root out weeds from: to weed a garden. 1
- verb with object weed out to root out or remove (a weed or weeds), as from a garden (often followed by out): to weed out crab grass from a lawn. 1
- verb with object weed out to remove as being undesirable, inefficient, or superfluous (often followed by out): to weed out inexperienced players. 1
- verb with object weed out to rid (something) of undesirable or superfluous elements. 1
- verb without object weed out to remove weeds or the like. 1
- idioms weed out (deep) in / into the weeds, Slang. (of a restaurant worker) overwhelmed and falling behind in serving customers: Our waitress was so deep in the weeds that we waited 40 minutes for our burgers. in trouble; overwhelmed by problems: He knows our marriage is in deep weeds. involved in the details: I’m in the weeds of planning my wedding. Also, in deep weeds. 1
- transitivephrasal verb weed out eradicate 1
- transitivephrasal verb weed out remove: sth or sb unwanted 1
- phrasal verb weed out If you weed out things or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them. 0
- verb weed out to separate out, remove, or eliminate (anything unwanted) 0
- verb weed out (Idiomatic) to remove unwanted elements from a group. 0