Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weeds

/wiːdz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: weeds
IPA: /wiːdz/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of weed

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;"
"Nor can the judicious reader be at a greater loss on account of Mrs Bridget Blifil, who, he may be assured, conducted herself through the whole season in which grief is to make its appearance on the outside of the body, with the strictest regard to all the rules of custom and decency, suiting the alterations of her countenance to the several alterations of her habit: for as this changed from weeds to black, from black to grey, from grey to white, so did her countenance change from dismal to sorrowful, from sorrowful to sad, and from sad to serious, till the day came in which she was allowed to return to her former serenity."
"What sight is this? What company of women Is wending hitherward, in sable weeds Conspicuous?"

Etymology

Inflected form of weed.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: wǣd, *wēdiz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wiːdz/
British English: /wiːdz/

Usage

Obsolete

Phrases

widow's weeds

Synonyms

widow's weeds

Rhymes With

needs leads seeds reads proceeds speeds leeds feeds deeds beads breeds exceeds

Questions

How do you pronounce weeds?: The recorded pronunciation is /wiːdz/.
What does weeds mean?: plural of weed
Where does weeds come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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