weeded

Cleared unwanted plants

Weeded is the past tense of weed—to remove unwanted plants from a garden or lawn: She weeded the flower beds all morning.

Extended to removing unwanted elements generally: The hiring manager weeded out unqualified applicants.

Something described as weeded has had its weeds removed: a freshly weeded vegetable patch.

figurative

filtered

Screened to remove contaminants

culled · separated · pruned · trimmed · winnowed · thinned · streamlined · purged · selected · edited

garden

soil

Ground matter for planting

herbs · flowers · mulch · compost · horticulture · cultivation · flora · organic · harvest · earth

effort

backbreaking

Extremely physically demanding

exhausting · toilsome · laborious · demanding · tedious · tiring · kneeling · bending · sweaty · sore

removal

uproot

Remove from the ground

clear · purge · thin · cull · pull · yank · dispose · discard · expunge · extirpate

tidying

neat

Orderly, or undiluted

cleared · manicured · groomed · tended · maintained · pristine · trim · kempt · spruced · shipshape

Categories
Opposites
garden maintenance state

weededunweeded

Still containing invasive plants

overgrown · wild · neglected · untended · unkempt

selection/culling process

weededexpanded

Made larger or wider

included · supplemented · augmented · padded · unculled

removal vs. addition of plants

weededplanted

Put into ground

seeded · sown · cultivated · transplanted · fertilized

Phrases
Family

weed, weeds, weedy, weeding, weedless, weeder, weeders, weedlike, unweeded

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G