--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 12 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Wedged means stuck tightly in a narrow space.[↗](../../wedged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To have wedged something means to have pushed it tightly into a space, or to have held something open or shut with a wedge.[↗](../../wedged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ball was wedged between two branches.[↗](../../wedged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad wedged the door open with a rubber stop.[↗](../../wedged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My foot got wedged under the seat.[↗](../../wedged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I sat wedged between my two big brothers.[↗](../../wedged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The window was wedged shut.[↗](../../wedged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A book was wedged under the table leg to stop it wobbling.[↗](../../wedged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He landed on his head with his leg in the air, his gun being wedged between two paving-stones.[↗](../../wedged/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wedlock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old) Wedlock is the state of being married.[↗](../../wedlock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They were joined in wedlock at the village church.[↗](../../wedlock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old story ends with the prince and princess in happy wedlock.[↗](../../wedlock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, being born out of wedlock was thought shameful; today it is ordinary.[↗](../../wedlock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The law book talks about wedlock and property.[↗](../../wedlock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fifty years of wedlock made them very close.[↗](../../wedlock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of fury and jealousy.[↗](../../wedlock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wedlock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wednesday** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wednesday is the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday.[↗](../../wednesday/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is in the middle of the school week.[↗](../../wednesday/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On Wednesday she ran 3 km.[↗](../../wednesday/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold 15 books on Wednesday and twice as many on Thursday.[↗](../../wednesday/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The library is open on Wednesdays.[↗](../../wednesday/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many in all from Monday to Wednesday?[↗](../../wednesday/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We have art every Wednesday afternoon.[↗](../../wednesday/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wednesday is the third day of the school week.[↗](../../wednesday/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My piano lesson moved to Wednesday.[↗](../../wednesday/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bins are collected on Wednesday morning.[↗](../../wednesday/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · On Wednesday surely thou didst call.[↗](../../wednesday/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **wee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In Scotland, Ireland and Northern England, "wee" means small or little.[↗](../../wee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a wee bit".[↗](../../wee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informal and childish word for urine or for going to the toilet to pass urine.[↗](../../wee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I need a wee before we leave.[↗](../../wee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after you go for a wee.[↗](../../wee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Would you like a wee bit more cake?[↗](../../wee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wee lamb stayed close to its mother.[↗](../../wee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait a wee while.[↗](../../wee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy did a wee on the carpet.[↗](../../wee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A weed is a wild plant growing where it is not wanted.[↗](../../weed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To weed is to pull weeds out of a garden.[↗](../../weed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) Weed is a slang word for cannabis, an illegal drug.[↗](../../weed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, UK) A weed is a thin, weak person.[↗](../../weed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We pulled weeds from the vegetable patch.[↗](../../weed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dandelions are common weeds.[↗](../../weed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma weeds the garden every Sunday.[↗](../../weed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Weed out the bad apples.[↗](../../weed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Weed is an illegal drug (slang).[↗](../../weed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a bit of a weed (UK, informal).[↗](../../weed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So saying, she quickly collected a bundle of sea-weed, and, blowing it three times, she said:[↗](../../weed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **weedkiller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weedkiller is a chemical that kills weeds, the unwanted wild plants growing in gardens, paths and fields.[↗](../../weedkiller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa sprayed weedkiller on the path.[↗](../../weedkiller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the weedkiller locked in the shed.[↗](../../weedkiller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Weedkiller is poisonous, so never touch it.[↗](../../weedkiller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some gardeners pull up weeds instead of using weedkiller.[↗](../../weedkiller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep pets off the grass after the weedkiller is sprayed.[↗](../../weedkiller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bottle of weedkiller had a warning sign on it.[↗](../../weedkiller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weeds** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weeds are wild plants that grow where people do not want them, such as in gardens, lawns or fields, and take light, water and space from the plants people want.[↗](../../weeds/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Weeds» is the he/she form of the verb «weed»: «she weeds the garden» means she pulls out the weeds.[↗](../../weeds/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Water weeds or seaweeds are plants that grow in water.[↗](../../weeds/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garden is full of weeds.[↗](../../weeds/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We pulled up the weeds from the vegetable patch.[↗](../../weeds/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dandelions are weeds, but bees love them.[↗](../../weeds/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Weeds grew between the paving stones.[↗](../../weeds/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa weeds his garden every Saturday.[↗](../../weeds/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond is choked with weeds.[↗](../../weeds/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Weeds take water from the plants we want.[↗](../../weeds/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was in a corner that he lay, among weeds and nettles.[↗](../../weeds/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Although there is an exuberance of weeds, we will find, nevertheless, many germs of truisms, which are of the greatest importance.[↗](../../weeds/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../weeds/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley.[↗](../../weeds/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeds/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.[↗](../../weeds/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeds/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **weedy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden.[↗](../../weedy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally (especially British), weedy means thin and weak-looking.[↗](../../weedy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old garden was weedy and wild.[↗](../../weedy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs hid in the weedy pond.[↗](../../weedy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleared the weedy flower bed.[↗](../../weedy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the weedy boy turned out to be very brave.[↗](../../weedy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawn had become weedy over the summer.[↗](../../weedy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's unkind to call anyone weedy.[↗](../../weedy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **week** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday.[↗](../../week/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The week can mean the school or work days, Monday to Friday.[↗](../../week/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (casual) «A week Tuesday» (UK) means a week after next Tuesday; «weekend» is Saturday and Sunday; «midweek» is around Wednesday.[↗](../../week/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) «Weeks» can mean a long time, not counted: «I haven't seen him for weeks».[↗](../../week/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (formal) Exams and notices say «weekly», «per week», «per week, inclusive of weekends», «a period of seven days», «fortnightly» (every two weeks) and «per annum» (per year).[↗](../../week/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many pages does Anna read in a week?[↗](../../week/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben swims 3 times a week.[↗](../../week/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two weeks have how many days?[↗](../../week/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A week is 7 days.[↗](../../week/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We go to the library every week.[↗](../../week/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Half-term is a week long.[↗](../../week/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My tooth came out last week.[↗](../../week/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · see ya next wk, bring the 10 bucks[↗](../../week/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · What a crap week, I lost my bus pass twice.[↗](../../week/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's off for a fortnight, that's 14 days.[↗](../../week/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A pupil is remunerated 5 dollars weekly.[↗](../../week/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Compute the amount received over a period of four weeks.[↗](../../week/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I haven't seen my cousin for weeks.[↗](../../week/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.[↗](../../week/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../week/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall present a new meal-offering unto the LORD.[↗](../../week/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../week/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year.[↗](../../week/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../week/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.[↗](../../week/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.10.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../week/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.[↗](../../week/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.10.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../week/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have weeks upon weeks! but it bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.[↗](../../week/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../week/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **weekday** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Any day of the week except Saturday and Sunday.[↗](../../weekday/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.[↗](../../weekday/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Happening on those days: a weekday timetable.[↗](../../weekday/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (weekdays, adverb) On weekdays, most weekdays: the shop opens at nine weekdays (mostly US).[↗](../../weekday/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I go to school on weekdays.[↗](../../weekday/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus comes every 15 minutes on weekdays.[↗](../../weekday/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On weekday mornings we eat breakfast quickly.[↗](../../weekday/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 weekdays in a week and 2 weekend days.[↗](../../weekday/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If I read 20 pages each weekday, I read 100 pages in a week.[↗](../../weekday/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pool is quieter on a weekday.[↗](../../weekday/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (US) The library is open 9 to 5 weekdays.[↗](../../weekday/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **weekend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The weekend is Saturday and Sunday, the days at the end of the week when most children do not go to school and many adults do not work.[↗](../../weekend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A weekend can be a short holiday or trip over those days.[↗](../../weekend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What did you do at the weekend?[↗](../../weekend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On the weekend we went to the beach.[↗](../../weekend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We have football practice every weekend.[↗](../../weekend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a long weekend, so there's no school on Monday.[↗](../../weekend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I finished my book over the weekend.[↗](../../weekend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa visits us every other weekend.[↗](../../weekend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 2 weekend days and 5 school days in a week.[↗](../../weekend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We went camping for the weekend.[↗](../../weekend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **weekly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weekly means happening or done once every week.[↗](../../weekly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Weekly means for one week: weekly pocket money.[↗](../../weekly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A weekly is a newspaper or magazine that comes out once a week.[↗](../../weekly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a weekly spelling test.[↗](../../weekly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My weekly pocket money is 5 dollars.[↗](../../weekly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bins are collected weekly.[↗](../../weekly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran buys a weekly magazine.[↗](../../weekly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum does the weekly shop on Saturdays.[↗](../../weekly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If she saves 3 pounds weekly, she saves 12 pounds in 4 weeks.[↗](../../weekly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The club meets twice weekly.[↗](../../weekly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The weekly newsletter came home in my bag.[↗](../../weekly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **weep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad.[↗](../../weep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a wound or surface) To let out a slow drip of liquid.[↗](../../weep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible, literature) To cry in grief; «Jesus wept» is the shortest verse in many English Bibles.[↗](../../weep/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The princess began to weep when she lost her ring.[↗](../../weep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wept for joy when her dad came home from the army.[↗](../../weep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man wept at his wife's funeral.[↗](../../weep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died.[↗](../../weep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cut on my knee was weeping a little.[↗](../../weep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's enough to make you weep — the whole homework got deleted\![↗](../../weep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he would sigh and weep.[↗](../../weep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.[↗](../../weep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weep/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarah died in Kiriatharba — the same is Hebron — in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.[↗](../../weep/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.23.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weep/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.[↗](../../weep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weep/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together; (Writings JOB.31.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weep/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.[↗](../../weep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weep/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **weeper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A weeper is a person who weeps, who cries easily or often.[↗](../../weeper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A weeper can be a sad film or story that makes people cry (informal; also «weepie»).[↗](../../weeper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In history, weepers were people paid to cry at funerals, or small statues of mourners on old tombs.[↗](../../weeper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother is a weeper at sad films.[↗](../../weeper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That film was a real weeper.[↗](../../weeper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tomb had carved weepers around it.[↗](../../weeper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be ashamed of being a weeper — crying is natural.[↗](../../weeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hired weepers walked behind the coffin long ago.[↗](../../weeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weeper dried her eyes with a hanky.[↗](../../weeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **weeping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crying with tears.[↗](../../weeping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective Describes a tree whose branches hang down towards the ground, like a weeping willow.[↗](../../weeping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* adjective Describes a wound or sore that lets out liquid.[↗](../../weeping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* noun The sound or act of crying.[↗](../../weeping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy was weeping because his kite was lost.[↗](../../weeping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A weeping willow hangs over the duck pond.[↗](../../weeping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard weeping from the next room.[↗](../../weeping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse cleaned the weeping cut and put a plaster on.[↗](../../weeping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The weeping cherry in our garden has pink flowers in spring.[↗](../../weeping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible story there was weeping when the people heard the news.[↗](../../weeping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I think she was actually weeping.[↗](../../weeping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat.[↗](../../weeping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.[↗](../../weeping/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeping/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.[↗](../../weeping/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeping/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, (Writings PSA.102.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeping/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim.[↗](../../weeping/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeping/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; (Writings JOB.16.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../weeping/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **weepy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ready to cry, or crying easily, often because you are tired or sad.[↗](../../weepy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Of a film, book or song: sad and likely to make people cry.[↗](../../weepy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, informal) A sad film or story that makes people cry.[↗](../../weepy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby gets weepy when she needs a nap.[↗](../../weepy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt a bit weepy on the last day of school.[↗](../../weepy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That film is such a weepy; bring tissues\![↗](../../weepy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum always cries at weepy films.[↗](../../weepy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The song is quite weepy, but beautiful.[↗](../../weepy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad went weepy when he saw the old photos.[↗](../../weepy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘“What is the good of telling me that?” he asked, in a weepy voice; “you know I cannot even walk as far as that palm.”[↗](../../weepy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **weevil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small beetle with a long snout, which often eats and damages crops, flour, rice, grain and nuts.[↗](../../weevil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were weevils in the old bag of flour.[↗](../../weevil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The weevil has a long nose called a snout.[↗](../../weevil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Weevils can damage a whole crop of grain.[↗](../../weevil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors on old ships ate biscuits full of weevils.[↗](../../weevil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep rice in a sealed jar so weevils can't get in.[↗](../../weevil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boll weevil damaged cotton farms in the USA.[↗](../../weevil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/11/) **12** [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/13/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/11/) - next →: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/13/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)