seed

A2
Pronunciation
/siːd/
/siːd/
Noun
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.

2 Definition

Any small seed-like fruit.

Example Sentences
  • If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
3 Definition

Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.

4 Definition

(collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.

Example Sentences
  • The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.
5 Definition

A fragment of coral.

6 Definition

Semen.

Example Sentences
  • A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.
7 Definition

A precursor.

Synonyms
germ
Example Sentences
  • the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?
8 Definition

The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.

9 Definition

Offspring, descendants, progeny.

Example Sentences
  • the seed of Abraham
10 Definition

Race; generation; birth.

11 Definition

A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.

Verb
20 definition(s)
1 Definition

To plant or sow an area with seeds.

Example Sentences
  • I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
2 Definition

To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

3 Definition

To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.

Example Sentences
  • A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
4 Definition

To allocate a seeding to a competitor.

5 Definition

To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).

6 Definition

To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.

Example Sentences
  • The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
7 Definition

To produce seed.

8 Definition

To grow to maturity.

9 Definition

To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

10 Definition

(stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.

11 Definition

To form a mental picture of.

12 Definition

(social) To meet, to visit.

13 Definition

To be the setting or time of.

Example Sentences
  • 1999 saw the release of many great films.
14 Definition

(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

Example Sentences
  • I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
15 Definition

To wait upon; attend, escort.

Example Sentences
  • I saw the old lady safely across the road.
16 Definition

To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.

Example Sentences
  • I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
17 Definition

To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).

Example Sentences
  • I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
18 Definition

(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

Example Sentences
  • For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
19 Definition

To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.

Example Sentences
  • Can I see that lighter for a second? Mine just quit working.
20 Definition

To include as one of something's experiences.

Example Sentences
  • The equipment has not seen usage outside of our projects.