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Definition of 'seed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) seed
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.

2.  seed
any propagative part of a plant, including tubers and bulbs.

3.  seed
such parts collectively.

4.  seed
any similar small part or fruit.

5.  seed
Dial.

6.  seed
the germ or propagative source of anything:
the seeds of discord.

7.  seed
offspring; progeny.

8.  seed
birth:
not of mortal seed.

9.  seed
sperm; semen.

10.  seed
the ovum or ova of certain animals, as the lobster and the silkworm moth.

11.  seed
a small air bubble in a glass piece, caused by defective firing.

12.  seed
Crystall., Chem. a small crystal added to a solution to promote crystallization.

13.  seed
a player or team seeded in a tournament.

14. (v.t.) seed
to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed.

15.  seed
to sow or scatter (seed).

16.  seed
to sow or scatter (clouds) with crystals or particles of silver iodide, solid carbon dioxide, etc., to induce precipitation.

17.  seed
to introduce in the hope of increase:
to seed a lake with trout.

18.  seed
to sprinkle on in the manner of seed.

19.  seed
to remove the seeds from (fruit).

20.  seed
to rank (players or teams) by past performance in arranging tournament pairings, so that the most highly ranked competitors will not play each other until later rounds.

21.  seed
to arrange (pairings or a tournament) by means of such a ranking.

22.  seed
to develop (a business), esp. by providing operating capital.

23. (v.i.) seed
to sow seed.

24.  seed
to produce or shed seed.

25. (adj.) seed
producing seed; used for seed:
a seed potato.

26.  seed
(of the flower of a plant) to pass to the stage of yielding seed.

27.  seed
to deteriorate or decline, as in health, strength, or appearance.

28.  seed
(of certain plants) in the state of bearing ripened seeds.

29.  seed
(of a field, a lawn, etc.) sown with seed.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME sede, side, seed(e), OE sēd, sæmacr;d, c. OFris

Definition of 'seed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) seed
a small hard fruit

2. (noun) seed
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

3. (noun) seeded player, seed
one of the outstanding players in a tournament

4. (noun) source, seed, germ
anything that provides inspiration for later work

5. (verb) semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

6. (verb) seed
go to seed; shed seeds
"The dandelions went to seed"

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

8. (verb) seed
bear seeds

9. (verb) sow, seed
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
"She sowed sunflower seeds"

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

11. (verb) seed
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
"seed clouds"

12. (verb) seed
inoculate with microorganisms

13. (verb) seed
remove the seeds from
"seed grapes"

Definition of 'seed'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) seed
a small part of a plant that another plant grows from
a sunflower seed

2. seed
a small thing from which sth bigger develops
simple actions that are the seeds of social change; the seeds of doubt in her mind

Definition of 'seed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) seed
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. (noun) seed
any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed

3. (noun) seed
the generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural

4. (noun) seed
that from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice

5. (noun) seed
the principle of production

6. (noun) seed
progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David

7. (noun) seed
race; generation; birth

8. seed
of Seed

9. (verb) seed
to sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field

10. (verb) seed
to cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations

Translation of 'seed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown sunflower seeds; grass seed.
Afrikaans: saad	Arabic: بَذْرَه	Bulgarian: зърно
Brazilian: semente	Czech: semeno	German: der Samen
Danish: frø; -frø	Greek: σπόρος	Spanish: semilla
Estonian: seeme	Farsi: بذر	Finnish: siemen
French: graine	Hebrew: זֶרַע	Hindi: बीज
Croatian: sjeme, sjemenka	Hungarian: mag	Indonesian: biji
Icelandic: fræ	Italian: seme	Japanese: 種
Korean: 종자	Lithuanian: sėkla	Latvian: sēkla
Malay: biji	Dutch: zaad	Norwegian: frø
Polish: nasienie	Persian: بذر	Pashto: نظر لرل، پوهېدل، رسيدل. ز
Portuguese: semente	Romanian: boabă, sămânţă	Russian: семечко; семена
Slovak: semeno	Slovenian: seme	Serbian: seme
Swedish: frö	Thai: เมล็ด	Turkish: tohum,çekirdek
Taiwanese: 種子	Ukrainian: сім'я, насіння	Urdu: بیج
Vietnamese: hạt giống	Chinese: 种子
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