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    WEEDY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: weedier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, weediest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: weedier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: weediest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Being very thinplay

    Example:

    pale bony hands

    Synonyms:

    boney; bony; scraggly; scraggy; scrawny; skinny; underweight; weedy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Abounding with or resembling weedsplay

    Example:

    weedy plants that take over a garden

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Antonym:

    weedless (free from weeds)

    Derivation:

    weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

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