"unweed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unweeds [present, singular, third-person], unweeding [participle, present], unweeded [participle, past], unweeded [past]
Etymology: un- + weed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|weed}} un- + weed Head templates: {{en-verb}} unweed (third-person singular simple present unweeds, present participle unweeding, simple past and past participle unweeded)
  1. To remove weeds from; to weed.
    Sense id: en-unweed-en-verb-Y2VASKRh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unweed meaning in English (1.7kB)

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