WEED  除草耨

AGRICULTURAL WORK INTENDING to REMOVE WEEDS.
ISOLATESEPARATE OUTSORT OUTSIFT OUTWINNOW OUTFILTER OUTSET APARTSEGREGATEELIMINATEGET RID OFREMOVECUTCHOPINFORMAL LOSE
Hypernym
  • AGRICULTUREWORK IN FIELDS TO REAR USEFUL PLANTS. 
    • WORKMake an EFFORT ENDURINGLY CONFORMING to a PLAN, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE an AIM, and OFTEN IN ORDER TO be PAID a SALARY.
      • EFFORTDELIBERATE DILIGENT TRY:attempt to SUCCEED in an ACTION.
        • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING....
See also
  • WEEDSPLANT BELIEVED to be HARMFUL OR USELESS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The most current general ancient word for removing weeds is nòu 耨／鎒, and the word refers specifically to a short-handled iron tool as illustrated, and this tool became common in Warring States times. The handle, like all ancient handles, was short. Probably, it is a further development of the ancient bó 鎛

    2. Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

    3. Bó 鎛 was an ancient short-handled hoe with a bronze head.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    除草

    薅草

    鋤草

    芟除

    芟夷

    耘田

    撓秧

    耘

    荑

    耨

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      耘  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 6 AttributionsWD

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.

        Syntactic words
      • nabactweeding
      • viactto remove weeds
      • vtoNto weed out, remove (weeds); to hoe
      • vtoNobject=cultivatedto cultivate (something) by weeding
      鋤  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ
      耡  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ
      鉏  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ 6 AttributionsWD

      Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

        Syntactic words
      • viactremove weeds
      • vtoNremove (weeds), weed (the ground)
      • vtoNpassivebe weeded, be removed
      耨  nòu OC: nooɡs MC: nu
      耨  nòu OC: nooɡs MC: nu 5 AttributionsWD

      The most current general ancient word for removing weeds is nòu 耨／鎒 , and the word refers specifically to a short-handled iron tool as illustrated, and this tool became common in Warring States times. The handle, like all ancient handles, was short. Probably, it is a further development of the ancient bó 鎛

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.
      • Oppos: 耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.

        Syntactic words
      • viactto hoe and thus remove weeds
      • vtoNto hoe and thus remove weeds
      • vtoNfigurative"weed"
      芸  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactstart to weed one's field; remove weeds
      • vtoNremove weeds amongCH
      • vtoNpassivebe weeded
      草  cǎo OC: tshuuʔ MC: tshɑu 1 AttributionWD

        Syntactic words
      • nmweeds
      萊  lái OC: rɯɯ MC: ləi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nkind of weed
      草芥  cǎo jiè OC: tshuuʔ kreeds MC: tshɑu kɣɛi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPweeds
      • NPadVlike weeds
      耡  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD

      Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNjointly weed fields (ZHOULI)
      荑  yí OC: li MC: ji 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactweed; mow
      鉏  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD

      Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNremove weeds
      鎡  zī OC: tsɯ MC: tsɨ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viacthoe
      鎛  bó OC: paaɡ MC: pɑk 0 AttributionsWD

      Bó 鎛 was an ancient short-handled hoe with a bronze head.

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