Cryptic crossword clue
Cut short weed 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DOCK

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The straight part

We know that "Cut short/weed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cut short/weed = dock.

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What does DOCK mean?

1. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
2. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

1. The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
2. The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
3. The buttocks or anus.
4. A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

1. To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
2. To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
3. To cut off, bar, or destroy.

1. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
2. A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
3. The body of water between two piers.
4. The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
5. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
6. A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
7. A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
8. An act of docking; joining two things together.

1. To land at a harbour.
2. To join two moving items.
3. To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
4. To place (an electronic device) in its dock.

1. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

1. To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

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