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{
"term": "weed",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a wild plant growing where it is not wanted, especially among crops or garden plants",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The yard was overgrown with weeds."
},
{
"text": "Routine maintenance of the garden consists of keeping weeds under control."
},
{
"text": "There were weeds pushing up through the gravel."
}
],
"topics": ["Plants and trees", "Gardens"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["annual", "perennial", "aquatic"],
"verb + weed": ["kill", "clear", "get rid of"],
"weed + verb": ["grow", "spread", "spring up"],
"weed + noun": ["control", "killer", "trimmer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "any wild plant without flowers that grows in water and forms a green floating mass",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Plants and trees"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "tobacco or cigarettes",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wish I could give up the weed *(= stop smoking)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the drug cannabis",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Social issues"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a person with a weak character or body",
"labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don’t be such a weed!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "with more problems, work or commitments than you can manage",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bartender was alone and in the weeds, so we had to wait twenty minutes to order."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "too concerned with the details of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't want to get too **deep in the weeds** here, but here's the short version:…"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wiːd/",
"audio": "we/weed/weed__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wiːd/",
"audio": "we/weed/weed__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English wēod (noun), wēodian (verb), of unknown origin; related to Dutch wieden (verb)."
}