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weed·y

(wē′dē)

adj. weed·i·er, weed·i·est

1. Full of or consisting of weeds: a weedy lawn.

2. Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed: a weedy plant.

3. Of a scrawny build; spindly or gawky.

weed′i·ly adv.

weed′i·ness n.

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weedy

(ˈwiːdɪ)

adj, weedier or weediest

1. (Botany) full of or containing weeds: weedy land.

2. (Botany) (of a plant) resembling a weed in rapid or straggling growth

3. informal thin or weakly in appearance

ˈweedily adv

ˈweediness n

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weed•y

(ˈwi di)

adj. weed•i•er, weed•i•est.

1. consisting of, abounding in, or pertaining to weeds.

2. (of a plant, flower, etc.) growing poorly or in a straggling manner.

3. (of a person or animal) scrawny.

[1375–1425]

weed′i•ly, adv.

weed′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	weedy - abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden" weedless - free from weeds; "a weedless garden"
	2.	weedy - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, boney lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

weedy

adjective weak, thin, frail, skinny, feeble, ineffectual, puny, undersized, weak-kneed (informal), namby-pamby, nerdy or nurdy (slang) a neurotic, weedy little man

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weedy

adjective

Having little flesh or fat on the body:

angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy.

Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.

Translations

faible

coperto di erbacce gracile

weedy

[ˈwiːdɪ] ADJ (weedier (compar) (weediest (superl)))

1. [ground] → lleno de malas hierbas or hierbajos

2. (Brit) (= scrawny) [person] → debilucho, desmirriado, enclenque

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

weedy

[ˈwiːdi] adj [person] → gringalet

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

weedy

adj (+er)

ground → unkrautbewachsen, voll(er) Unkraut

(inf) person → schmächtig; (in character) → blutarm

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weedy

[ˈwiːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (person) → allampanato/a

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