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wed·ding noun 1 : a marriage ceremony usu. with accompanying festivities : NUPTIALS

2 : a joining in close association

3 : a wedding anniversary or its celebration

Synonyms

espousal, marriage; also match, matrimony, wedlock; engagement, hand, pledge, promise, proposal, troth

1wedge noun 1 : a piece of wood or metal that tapers to a thin edge and is used to split logs or rocks or to raise heavy weights

2 : something (as an action or policy) that serves to open up a way for a breach, change, or intrusion

3 : a wedge-shaped object or part

2wedge verb wedged; wedg·ing 1 : to hold firm by or as if by driving in a wedge

2 : to force (something) into a narrow space

Synonyms

cram, crowd, jam, ram, sandwich, squeeze, stuff—more at CROWD

wed·lock noun [ORIGIN: ME wedlok, fr. OE wedlāc marriage bond, fr. wedd pledge + -lāc, suffix denoting activity]

: the state of being married : MARRIAGE

Wednes·day noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. OE wōdensdæg, lit., day of Woden (supreme god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons)]

: the 4th day of the week

wee adjective [ORIGIN: ME (Sc) we, fr. we, n., little bit, fr. OE wǣge weight]

1 : very small : TINY

2 : very early <~ hours of the morning>

Synonyms

atomic, infinitesimal, microscopic, miniature, minute, teeny, tiny—more at TINY

1weed noun 1 : a plant that tends to grow thickly where it is not wanted and to choke out more desirable plants

2 : MARIJUANA

2weed verb 1 : to clear of or remove weeds or something harmful, inferior, or superfluous <~ a garden>

2 : to get rid of <~ out the troublemakers>

— weed·er noun

3weed noun : mourning clothes — usu. used in pl.

weedy adjective 1 : full of weeds

2 : resembling a weed esp. in vigor of growth or spread

3 : noticeably lean and scrawny : LANKY

Synonyms

lush, luxuriant, prosperous, rampant, rank—more at RANK

week noun 1 : seven successive days; especially : a calendar period of seven days beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday

2 : the working or school days of the calendar week

week·day noun : a day of the week except Sunday or sometimes except Saturday and Sunday

1weekend noun : the period between the close of one working or business or school week and the beginning of the next

2weekend verb : to spend the weekend

1weekly adjective 1 : occurring, appearing, or done every week

2 : computed in terms of one week

— weekly adverb

2weekly noun, plural weeklies : a weekly publication

ween verb, archaic

: SUPPOSE 3

wee·ny also ween·sy adjective : exceptionally small

weep verb wept ; weep·ing 1 : to express emotion and esp. sorrow by shedding tears : CRY

2 : to give off fluid slowly : OOZE

— weep·er noun

Synonyms

[1] bawl, blubber, cry, sob—more at CRY

[2] bleed, exude, ooze, percolate, seep, strain, sweat—more at EXUDE

weep·ing adjective 1 : expressing or showing emotion by shedding tears

2 : having slender drooping branches

Synonyms

dolorous, funeral, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, regretful, rueful, sorrowful, woeful—more at MOURNFUL

weeping willow noun : a willow with slender drooping branches

weepy adjective : inclined to weep

wee·vil noun : any of a large group of beetles having a long head usu. curved into a snout and including many whose larvae are destructive plant-feeding pests

— wee·vily or wee·vil·ly adjective

weft noun 1 : a filling thread or yarn in weaving

2 : WEB, FABRIC; also : something woven

1weigh verb [ORIGIN: ME weyen, fr. OE wegan to move, carry, weigh]

1 : to find the heaviness of

2 : to have weight or a specified weight

3 : to consider carefully : PONDER

4 : to merit consideration as important : COUNT

5 : to raise before sailing <~ anchor>

6 : to press down with or as if with a heavy weight

Synonyms

[3] chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull, ponder, question, ruminate, study, think—more at PONDER

usually weigh on or weigh upon [6] bear, depress, press,