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Seed

//siːd// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. countable
"[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]"
2
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract wordnet
3
Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.; A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant. countable
4
anything that provides inspiration for later work wordnet
5
Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.; Any small seed-like fruit. countable
"If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn."

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6
one of the outstanding players in a tournament wordnet
7
An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted. collective, uncountable
"The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed."
8
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa wordnet
9
A fragment of coral. countable
10
a small hard fruit wordnet
11
Semen. uncountable
"A man must use his seed to start and raise a family."
12
A precursor. countable, figuratively
"the seed of an idea"
13
The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position) countable, uncountable
"The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament."
14
The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position). countable, uncountable
"The rookie was a surprising top seed."
15
The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system. countable, uncountable
"If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers."
16
The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement. countable, uncountable
"Seeds are Minecraft's way of generating terrain. Each biome you spawn in is determined by the seed. With a custom seed, you can have a desert biome right next to a mesa biome."
17
The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.; A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message) Internet, countable, uncountable
"The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community."
18
Offspring, descendants, progeny. archaic, countable, uncountable
"the seed of Abraham"
19
Race; generation; birth. countable, uncountable
"Of mortal seed they were not held."
20
A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process. countable, uncountable
21
A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass. countable, uncountable
22
A child. US, countable, slang, uncountable
"Seeds know what time it is, like it's time for Teletubbies"

Verb

1
To plant or sow an area with seeds. transitive
"I seeded my lawn with bluegrass."
2
simple past and past participle of see dialectal, form-of, participle, past
"Presently a rioting noise was heard without. Starting up, the landlord cried, "That's the Grampus's crew. I seed her reported in the offing this morning; a three years' voyage, and a full ship. Hurrah, boys; now we'll have the latest news from the Feegees.""
3
remove the seeds from wordnet
4
To shed seeds (refers to plants) reflexive
"These poppies have not seeded themselves yet."
5
inoculate with microorganisms wordnet

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6
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations. transitive
"[…] AGRYPNIA, or Vigilance, in yellovv, a ſable mantle, ſeeded vvith vvaking eies, and ſiluer fringe: […]"
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sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain wordnet
8
To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of. transitive
"A venture capitalist seeds young companies."
9
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds wordnet
10
To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
"Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass."
11
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth wordnet
12
To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent). Internet, transitive
13
go to seed; shed seeds wordnet
14
To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final. intransitive
"The tennis player seeded into the quarters."
15
bear seeds wordnet
16
To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
"A number of clouds were seeded to help provide rain to a drought-stricken area."
17
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money wordnet
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To produce seed. intransitive
19
To grow to maturity. intransitive
20
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum. slang, vulgar

Etymology

Etymology 1

] From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeade (“seed”), North Frisian sead, seed, siad, Siid, sädj, säid (“seed”), Saterland Frisian Säid (“seed”), West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), German Saat (“seed; sowing”), Limburgish zaod (“seed”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sæd (“seed”), Faroese and Icelandic sáð (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Gothic *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs, “seed”); also Latin serō (“to sow, plant”), Latvian sēt (“to sow”), Lithuanian sėti (“to sow”), Bulgarian се́я (séja, “to sow, plant”), Czech sít (“to sow”), Macedonian сее (see, “to sow”), Polish siać (“to sow”), Russian се́ять (séjatʹ, “to sow”), Serbo-Croatian се̏јати, sȅjati, си̏јати, sȉjati (“to sow”), Slovak siať (“to sow”), Slovene sejáti (“to sow”), Ukrainian сі́яти (síjaty, “to sow”). More at sow.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From see + -d (“past tense suffix; variant of -ed”).

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