unweed

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verb

To remove weeds from; to weed.

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Meanings

verbunweed (third-person singular simple present unweeds, present participle unweeding, simple past and past participle unweeded)

present singular third person unweeds · participle present unweeding · participle past unweeded · past unweeded

  1. To remove weeds from; to weed.

    He is so diligently engaged in unweeding the soil that he has not given a thought to what he will grow there.

    1912, Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, page 16
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    Then now's the time, while you've a chance Hanging o'er you, To unweed your mind of Ignorance — Look before you !

    1852, Thomas Forster Ker, Voices for progress, and other poems, page 17

    We need to cultivate our own gardens, to “unweed” our own “seed-beds” before we presume to colonize the world.

    2008, Jeffrey M. Heath, The Creator as Critic and Other Writings by E.M. Forster, →ISBN, page 347

Origin

From un- + weed.

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