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Definition of Seed
1. Verb. Go to seed; shed seeds. "The dandelions went to seed"
2. Noun. A small hard fruit.
Generic synonyms: Fruit
Terms within: Kernel, Meat
Derivative terms: Seedy
3. Verb. Help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money.
4. Noun. A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa.
5. Verb. Bear seeds.
6. Noun. One of the outstanding players in a tournament.
7. Verb. Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth. "They seed rye in the field"; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
Category relationships: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Broadcast, Inseminate, Sow, Sow In, Scatter
Related verbs: Inseminate, Sow, Sow In
Derivative terms: Seeder, Sower
8. Noun. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
Generic synonyms: Inspiration
Specialized synonyms: Taproot, Muse
Derivative terms: Germinal, Germinate
9. Verb. Distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds.
10. Noun. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.
Specialized synonyms: Milt
Generic synonyms: Bodily Fluid, Body Fluid, Humor, Humour, Liquid Body Substance
Terms within: Sperm, Sperm Cell, Spermatozoan, Spermatozoon
Derivative terms: Ejaculate, Inseminate
11. Verb. Sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain. "Seed clouds"
12. Verb. Inoculate with microorganisms.
13. Verb. Remove the seeds from. "Seed grapes"
Definition of Seed
1. n. A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
2. v. i. To sow seed.
3. v. t. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
Definition of Seed
1. Noun. A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant. ¹
2. Noun. (context: countable botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant. ¹
3. Noun. An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted. ¹
4. Noun. Semen. ¹
5. Noun. A precursor. ¹
6. Noun. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precusor in a defined chain of precusors. ¹
7. Noun. (rare) Offspring, descendants, progeny. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of. ¹
10. Verb. (sports games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor. ¹
11. Verb. To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final). ¹
12. Verb. To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seed
1. to plant seeds (propagative plant structures) in [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Seed
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