reweed

English

Etymology

re- +‎ weed

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

reweed (third-person singular simple present reweeds, present participle reweeding, simple past and past participle reweeded)

1. To weed again.
   • 1949, The American Horticultural Magazine - Volumes 28-30, page 113:

     And no matter how thoroughly you do this job you may always count upon having to reweed later for seeds abound and weeds you do not find at first cleaning will mock you when once the area has been cleared.

   • 1987, Library Insights, Promotion & Programs:

     Buckingham stated that first we must weed, then plan, then reweed.

   • 1998, Johnathan Bascom, Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa, →ISBN:

     Precipitation works to their advantage in two ways: a) workers are forced to extend their working day to its limits given the constant possibility of rains forcing them to reweed; and b) wage laborers are usually intent on finishing each guwaal as soon as possible given the abbreviated periods of time in which their labor is in demand.

   • 2001, Laurie Ostby Kehler, Gardening Mercies: Finding God in Your Garden, →ISBN:

     Instead, I find myself having to reweed areas in my spiritual life. I find myself facing the same lesson many times over.

Anagrams

• weeder