weedy

«weedy» in Mova's school dictionary: full of weeds: a weedy garden — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (weedy, weedier, weediest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden. tree →

2) Informally (especially British), weedy means thin and weak-looking. tree →

sense in the lessons

In gardening and nature lessons, a weedy patch needs weeding. In stories and playground talk, «weedy» can be an unkind word for a small or weak person, so children should not use it to tease. Phrases: «a weedy garden», «weedy pond», «weedy arms».

examples

• The old garden was weedy and wild. tree →
• Frogs hid in the weedy pond. tree →
• We cleared the weedy flower bed. tree →
• In the story, the weedy boy turned out to be very brave. tree →
• The lawn had become weedy over the summer. tree →
• It's unkind to call anyone weedy. tree →

note

Adjective: «weed» + «-y»; comparative «weedier». The meaning «weak» is informal and can hurt feelings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «weedy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.