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weed out
Overview of verb weed-out
The verb weed out has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) weed out, comb out -- (remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities")
Antonyms of verb weed-out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb weed-out
1 sense of weed out
Sense 1
weed out, comb out
=> get rid of, remove
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb weed-out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb weed-out
1 sense of weed out
Sense 1
weed out, comb out
=> get rid of, remove
'Cause To' of verb weed-out
Derived Forms of verb weed-out
Domain of verb weed-out
Domain Terms of verb weed-out
Familiarity of verb weed-out
weed out used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb weed-out
1 sense of weed out
Sense 1
weed out, comb out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb weed-out
1 sense of weed out
Sense 1
weed out, comb out
> get rid of, remove
=> discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> slough off
=> weed out, comb out
=> work off
=> cull
=> dump, ditch
=> unmuzzle
=> deaerate, de-aerate
=> decaffeinate
=> decarbonate
=> decerebrate
=> dechlorinate
=> defat
=> defibrinate
=> degrease
=> deionize
=> delist
=> delocalize
=> deoxygenate
=> destain
=> desulfurize, desulphurize
=> detick
=> devein
=> fettle
=> flesh
=> flense
=> kern
=> pith
=> scum
=> unbridle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb weed-out
Sense 1
weed out, comb out
=> get rid of, remove
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