Definition

Verb: - To pluck up weeds: To remove unwanted plants (weeds) from the ground by pulling them out, often by the roots. This action is typically done in gardens, lawns, or agricultural fields.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mỗi sáng, bà tôi ra vườn nhổ cỏ. (Every morning, my grandmother goes to the garden to pluck up weeds.)
  • Công việc nhổ cỏ rất quan trọng để cây lúa phát triển. (The task of plucking up weeds is very important for the rice plants to grow.)
  • Chúng tôi đã nhổ cỏ trong vườn hoa suốt buổi chiều. (We plucked up weeds in the flower garden all afternoon.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhổ cỏ tận gốc": To pull up weeds by the roots (implies thoroughness).
  • Muốn diệt cỏ dại lâu dài thì phải nhổ cỏ tận gốc. (To eliminate weeds long-term, you must pull them up by the roots.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhổ (verb): To pull out or extract (e.g., - to extract a tooth).
• Cỏ dại (noun): Weeds, wild grass.
• Làm cỏ (verb phrase): To weed (a more general term for the activity of removing weeds, which can include pulling, hoeing, or using tools).

Synonyms

• Làm cỏ: To weed.
• Nhặt cỏ: To pick weeds (often implies gathering weeds that are already pulled or cut).

Related Phrases

• Công việc nhổ cỏ: The work of weeding.
• Khu vực cần nhổ cỏ: The area that needs weeding.

verb

1. to pluck up weeds