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Seed

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Noun

1. seed

a small hard fruit

2. seed

a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

3. seed, seeded player

one of the outstanding players in a tournament

4. germ, seed, source

anything that provides inspiration for later work

5. come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Verb

6. seed

go to seed; shed seeds

Example Sentences:
'The dandelions went to seed'

7. seed

help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

8. seed

bear seeds

9. seed, sow

place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

Example Sentences:
'She sowed sunflower seeds'

10. seed

distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

11. seed

sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

Example Sentences:
'seed clouds'

12. seed

inoculate with microorganisms

13. seed

remove the seeds from

Example Sentences:
'seed grapes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Seed

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noun
1. botany
a mature fertilized plant ovule, consisting of an embryo and its food store surrounded by a protective seed coat (testa)
▶ Related adjective: seminal
2. 
the small hard seedlike fruit of plants such as wheat
3. 
(loosely) any propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber, spore, or bulb
4. 
such parts collectively
5. 
the source, beginning, or germ of anything
the seeds of revolt
6. mainly Bible
offspring or descendants
the seed of Abraham
7.  an archaic or dialect term for sperm1, semen
8. sport
a seeded player
9. 
the egg cell or cells of the lobster and certain other animals
10.  seed oyster
11. chemistry
a small crystal added to a supersaturated solution or supercooled liquid to induce crystallization
12.  go to seed
verb
13. 
to plant (seeds, grain, etc) in (soil)
we seeded this field with oats
14. (intransitive)
(of plants) to form or shed seeds
15. (transitive)
to remove the seeds from (fruit, etc)
16. (transitive) chemistry
to add a small crystal to (a supersaturated solution or supercooled liquid) in order to cause crystallization
17. (transitive)
to scatter certain substances, such as silver iodide, in (clouds) in order to cause rain
18. (transitive)
a. 
to arrange (the draw of a tournament) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
b. 
to distribute (players or teams) in this manner
abbreviation for
Scottish Executive Education Department

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Seed

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nounWord forms: plural seeds or seed
1. 
the part of a flowering plant that typically contains the embryo with its protective coat and stored food and that can develop into a new plant under the proper conditions; fertilized and mature ovule
2.  Loosely
a. 
any part, as a bulb, tuber, etc., from which a new plant can grow
a potato seed
b. 
a small, usually hard, seedlike fruit
3. 
seeds collectively
4. 
the source, origin, or beginning of anything
the seeds of revolt
5.  Archaic
a. 
descendants; posterity
b. 
ancestry
6. 
a. 
in the development of certain lower animals, a form suitable for transplanting, as spat
b. 
the seed-bearing stage or condition
in seed
7. 
spore (sense 2)
8. 
sperm or semen
9. 
something tiny, like a seed
; esp.,
a.  US
a tiny crystal or other particle, as one added to a solution or liquid to start crystallization
b. 
a tiny bubble, as a flaw in glassware
10.  US, Sport
a seeded player
verb transitive
11. 
to plant with seeds
12. 
to sow (seeds)
13. 
to remove the seeds from
14.  US
to inject, fill, or scatter with seeds (see seed (sense 9) seed (sense 9a); esp., to sprinkle particles of dry ice, silver iodide, etc. into (clouds) in an attempt to induce rainfall
15. 
to provide with the means or stimulus for growing or developing
16.  Sport
a. 
to distribute the names of the ranking contestants in (the draw for position in a tournament) so that those with the greatest skill are not matched together in the early rounds
b. 
to treat (a player) as a ranking contestant in this way
verb intransitive
17. 
to form seeds; specif., to become ripe and produce seeds
18. 
to go to seed; shed seeds
19. 
to sow seeds

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Seed

see synonyms of seed
n. pl. seeds or seed
1.
a. A mature plant ovule containing an embryo.
b. A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part.
c. Seeds considered as a group: a farmer buying seed.
d. The seed-bearing stage of a plant: The grass is in seed.
2.
a. A larval shellfish or a hatchling fish: released scallop seed in the bay.
b. An egg or cocoon of certain insects: silkworm seed.
3. Something that resembles a seed, as:
a. A tiny bubble in a piece of glass.
b. Medicine A form of a radioactive isotope that is used to localize and concentrate the amount of radiation administered to a body site, such as a tumor.
4.
a. A source or beginning; a germ: the seed of an idea.
b. A small amount of material used to start a chemical reaction.
c. A small crystal used to start a crystallization process.
5. A cell that disperses, especially a cancer cell that spreads from a primary tumor to another location in the body.
6. Archaic
a. Offspring; progeny.
b. Family stock; ancestry.
c. Sperm; semen.
7. Sports A player who has been seeded for a tournament, often at a given rank: a top seed.
v. seed·ed, seed·ing, seeds
v.tr.
1.
a. To plant seeds in (land, for example); sow.
b. To plant (a crop, for example) as seeds in soil.
2. To remove the seeds from (fruit).
3. To furnish with something that grows or stimulates growth or development: a bioreactor seeded with bacteria.
4. Medicine
a. To disperse to, as cancer cells: organs seeded by circulating tumor cells.
b. To disperse or transfer (cancer cells, for example): a needle biopsy that seeded cancer cells into adjacent tissue; seed stem cells onto collagen gels.
5. Meteorology To sprinkle (a cloud) with particles, as of silver iodide, in order to disperse it or to produce precipitation.
6. Sports
a. To arrange (the drawing for positions in a tournament) so that the more skilled contestants meet in the later rounds.
b. To rank (a contestant) in this way.
7. To help (a business, for example) in its early development.
v.intr.
1. To sow seed.
2. To pass into the seed-bearing stage.
3. Medicine To disperse and often multiply, as cancer cells.
adj.
1. Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed potatoes.
2. Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business.

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