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Seed

noun
/siːd/
Word Frequency: 18.3

Definitions

1.nounA fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
2.nounAny small seed-like fruit.
"If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn."
3.nounAny propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
4.noun(collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
"The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed."
5.nounA fragment of coral.
6.nounSemen.
"A man must use his seed to start and raise a family."
7.nounA precursor.
"the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?"
8.nounThe initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
9.nounOffspring, descendants, progeny.
"the seed of Abraham"
10.nounRace; generation; birth.
11.nounA small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
12.verbTo plant or sow an area with seeds.
"I seeded my lawn with bluegrass."
13.verbTo cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
14.verbTo start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
"A venture capitalist seeds young companies."
15.verbTo allocate a seeding to a competitor.
16.verbTo leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
17.verbTo be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
"The tennis player seeded into the quarters."
18.verbTo produce seed.
19.verbTo grow to maturity.
20.verbTo ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

Synonyms

germseminal fluidsemensowejaculatesoughsourceseeded playerplantseedlinghullspore

Rhymes With

accedeconcedeimpedecedeleadheedprecedeneed
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