seed

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
2. (countable) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
3. (countable) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
4. (collective, uncountable) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
5. (countable) A fragment of coral.
6. (uncountable) Semen.
7. (countable, figuratively) A precursor.
8. (countable, uncountable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
9. (countable, uncountable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
10. (countable, uncountable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
11. (Internet, countable, uncountable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
12. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Offspring, descendants, progeny.
13. (countable, uncountable) Race; generation; birth.
14. (countable, uncountable) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
15. (countable, uncountable) A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
16. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A child.

Verb

1. (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
2. (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
3. (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
4. (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
5. To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
6. (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
7. (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
8. To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
9. (intransitive) To produce seed.
10. (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
11. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

Verb

simple past and past participle of see

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see

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Synonyms

grain

semen

sow

kernel

pip

fruit

pit

nut

stone

🪨

sperm

offspring

plant

🌱

germ

race

source

core

seedling

🌱

corn

🌽

cum

eye

👁️

origin

progeny

egg

🥚

bone

🦴

species

spunk

seminal fluid

family

👪

beginning

face

etc.

clan

point

seeded player

jizz

come

granule

speck

spore

seeds

seed rice

class

root

ejaculate

disseminate

jissom

descendant

child

🧒

garden

cereal

Translations

semence

graine

semilla

Samen

seme

zaad

semente

Same

Saat

semen

llavor

grano

σπόρος

grain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: seed

Inherited from Old English: sēd

Cognate with Western Frisian: sied

Cognate with Dutch: zaad

Cognate with Low German: Saad

Cognate with German: Saat

Cognate with Icelandic: sæði

Cognate with Danish: sæd

Cognate with Swedish: säd

Cognate with Latin: satiō

In summary

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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”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Säid (“seed”), West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), Low German Saad (“seed”), German Saat (“seed; sowing”), Danish sæd (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Icelandic sæði (“seed”), Latin satiō (“seeding, time of sowing, season”). More at sow.

Sentences

The invention of the seed drill dramatically improved germination .