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seed  (sd)

n. pl. seeds or seed

1. A ripened plant ovule containing an embryo.

2. A propagative part of a plant, as a tuber or spore.

3. Seeds considered as a group.

4. The seed-bearing stage of a plant.

5. Something that resembles a seed, as a tiny bubble in a piece of glass.

6.

a. A small amount of material used to start a chemical reaction.

b. A small crystal used to start a crystallization process.

7. 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.

8. A source or beginning; a germ.

9. Offspring; progeny.

10. Family stock; ancestry.

11. Sperm; semen.

12. A seed oyster or oysters; spat.

13. 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. To plant seeds in (land, for example); sow.

2. To plant in soil.

3. To remove the seeds from (fruit).

4. To furnish with something that grows or stimulates growth or development: a bioreactor seeded with bacteria.

5. Medicine To cause (cells or a tumor, for example) to grow or multiply.

6. Meteorology To sprinkle (a cloud) with particles, as of silver iodide, in order to disperse it or to produce precipitation.

7. 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.

8. To help (a business, for example) in its early development.

v.intr.

1. To sow seed.

2. To go to seed.

3. Medicine To grow or multiply, as a tumor.

adj.

1. Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed wheat.

2. Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business.

Idiom:

go/run to seed

1. To pass into the seed-bearing stage.

2. To become weak or devitalized; deteriorate: The old neighborhood has gone to seed.

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[Middle English, from Old English sd, sd; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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seed

Noun

1. Bot the mature fertilized grain of a plant, containing an embryo ready for germination Related adjective seminal

2. such seeds used for sowing

3. the source, beginning, or origin of anything: the seeds of dissent

4. Chiefly Bible descendants; offspring: the seed of David

5. Sport a player ranked according to his or her ability

6. go or run to seed

a. (of plants) to produce and shed seeds after flowering

b. to lose strength or usefulness

Verb

1. to plant (seeds) in (soil)

2. (of plants) to produce or shed seeds

3. to remove the seeds from (fruit or plants)

4. to scatter silver iodide in (clouds) in order to cause rain

5. to arrange (the draw of a tournament) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds [Old English sǣd]

seedless adj

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seed  (sd)

Noun

A mature fertilized ovule of angiosperms and gymnosperms that contains an embryo and the food it will need to grow into a new plant. Seeds provide a great reproductive advantage in being able to survive for extended periods until conditions are favorable for germination and growth. The seeds of gymnosperms (such as the conifers) develop on scales of cones or similar structures, while the seeds of angiosperms are enclosed in an ovary that develops into a fruit, such as a pome or nut. The structure of seeds varies somewhat. All seeds are enclosed in a protective seed coat. In certain angiosperms the embryo is enclosed in or attached to an endosperm, a tissue that it uses as a food source either before or during germination. All angiosperm embryos also have at least one cotyledon. The first seed-bearing plants emerged at least 365 million years ago in the late Devonian Period. Many angiosperms have evolved specific fruits for dispersal of seeds by the wind, water, or animals. See more at germinationovule

Verb

1. To plant seeds in soil.

2. To initiate rainfall or to generate additional rainfall by artificially increasing the precipitation efficiency of clouds. See more at cloud seeding.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seed - a small hard fruit                   edible seed - many are used as seasoning coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee - a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee pip - a small hard seed found in some fruits bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed - hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry Job's tears - hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads oil-rich seed, oilseed - any of several seeds that yield oil safflower seed - seed of the safflower caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn ash-key - winged seed of the ash tree coquilla nut - nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory babassu nut - hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm cohune nut - nut of the cohune palm having hard white shells like those of ivory nuts apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory - nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons neem seed - seed of neem trees; source of pesticides and fertilizer and medicinal products buckeye, conker, horse chestnut - the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut jumping bean, jumping seed, Mexican jumping bean - seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant bean - any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans nut - usually large hard-shelled seed kernel, meat - the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"
	2.	seed - a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa ovule - a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization episperm, seed coat, testa - protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants endosperm - nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants pericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
	3.	seed - one of the outstanding players in a tournament seeded player player, participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	4.	seed - anything that provides inspiration for later work germ, source inspiration - arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity taproot - something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot" muse - the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
	5.	seed - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract come, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid milt - seminal fluid produced by male fish bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon - the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
Verb	1.	seed - go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed" reseed - seed again or anew disgorge, shed, spill - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
	2.	seed - help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money finance - obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
	3.	seed - bear seeds bear, turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
	4.	seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" sow farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" broadcast - sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" inseminate, sow in, sow - place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" inseminate, sow in, sow - place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" scatter - sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
	5.	seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition grade, rate, rank, place, range, order - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
	6.	seed - sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds" process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
	7.	seed - inoculate with microorganisms inoculate - introduce a microorganism into
	8.	seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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seed

noun 1. grain, pip, germ, kernel, egg, embryo, spore, ovum, egg cell, ovule

noun 2. beginning, start, suspicion, germ, inkling

noun 3. origin, source, nucleus

noun 4. chiefly Bible offspring, children, descendants, issue, race, successors, heirs, spawn, progeny, scions go or run to seed decline, deteriorate, degenerate, decay, go downhill (informal) go to waste, go to pieces, let yourself go, go to pot, go to rack and ruin, retrogress

Translations

seed [siːd] n → semilla;

(in fruit) → pepita;

(fig) → germen m;

(TENNIS) → preseleccionado/a;

to go to seed [plant] → granar;

(fig) → descuidarse

seed [siːd] n → graine f (fig); germe m;

(Tennis etc) → tête f de série;

to go to seed [plant] → monter en graine (fig); se laisser aller

seed [siːd] n → Samen m;

(of fruit) → Kern m (fig) (usu pl) → Keim m;

(Tennis) → gesetzter Spieler m, gesetzte Spielerin f;

to go to seed (plant) → Samen bilden;

(lettuce etc) → schießen (fig) (person) → herunterkommen

seed [siːd] n → seme m;

(fig) → germe m;

(TENNIS) → testa di serie;

to go to seed → fare seme;

(fig) → scadere

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seed

n seed [siːd]

1 the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown sunflower seeds; grass seed.saadبَذْرَهзърноsemenofrø; -frøder Samenσπόροςsemillaseemeبذرsiemengraineזֶרַעबीजsjeme, sjemenkamagbijifræseme種씨, 종자sėklasēklabijizaadfrønasieniesementeboabă, sămânţăсемечко; семенаsemenosemesemefröเมล็ดtohum, çekirdek種子сім'я, насінняبیجhạt giống种子

2 the beginning from which anything grows There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.saadjie, beginبَذْرَةٌ مِنсемеzárodekspire; kerneder Keimσπέρμα, σπόρος, αυτό από το οποίο κτ. ξεκινά να μεγαλώνειpizca, puntaseemeمنشاsiemengermeזֶרַעअंकुरणsjeme, zametakcsírabenih(efasemdar)fræsemeもと근원, 발단sėkla, grūdassēkla; iedīglisbibitkiemkim, spire, kjerneziarnkopontinhagermenисточник; зерноzárodokkalsemefröจุดเริ่มtohum萌芽початок, зародокابتدائی آثارmầm mống, nguồn gốc萌芽

3 (in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player. gekeurde spelerمُصَنَّف مع الجيِّدينот висока класаnasazený hráčseedet deltagergesetztπαίκτης κλάσεωςcabeza de serieasetatud mängijaبازيكن آزمودهsijoitettu pelaajatête de sérieשַׂחקָן מְדוֹרָגवरीयताक्रमnosilac skupinekiemelt játékospilihanbestu leikmönnum dreift í riðla(testa di serie)シード選手시드된 경기자atrinktas žaidėjasizlases sportistsmeletakkan seseorang sebagai pemain pilihangeplaatstnummer (...) på ranglistarozstawiony zawodnikjogador escaladocap de serieотобранный игрокnasadený hráčigralec, ki ima kvalifikacijonosilac grupeseedad spelareผู้แข่งขันที่คัดเลือกไว้โดยหวังว่าจะเข้ารอบสุดท้ายşampiyon adayı種子選手відібраний для фінального змагання гравецьدرجہ بندی میں کسی مقام پر رکھا ہوا کھلاڑیđấu thủ hạt giống种子选手

v

1 (of a plant) to produce seed A plant seeds after it has flowered.skiet saadيُنْتِجُ بُذوراдавам семеzrát na semenogå i frøSamen tragenβγάζω σπόρουςgranarseemneid andmaتخم ريختنtehdä siementämonter en graineמַצמִיח זֶרַעबीज उत्पन्न करनाdati sjememagot hozmenghasilkan bijibera fræprodurre seme種ができる씨를 뿌리다, 씨가 생기다brandinti sėklasdot sēklasmengeluarkan bijizaad vormensette frø, frø seg(wy)produkować nasionadar sementea germinaдавать семенаzrieť na semenoiti v semeproizvesti semegå i frö, fröa sigออกเมล็ดtohum vermek結籽піти в насінняبیج پیدا کرناsinh ra hạt结籽

2 in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds. rangskikيُرَتِّب اللاعبين الجيّدين بِحَيْث لا يَلْعَبون مع بَعْض حَتّى النِّهايَهотбирам по-добрите състезатели за финални срещиnasaditseedeverteilenορίζω αντιπάλουςpreseleccionar(paremuse järgi) tabelisse paigutamaبر حسب مهارت و قدرت رده بندي كردنsijoittaaclasserלְהָצִיב שַׂחקָןवरीयताक्रम देनाodijeliti slabije natjecatelje, staviti na rang-listukiemel (játékost)menyusun pemaindreifa/sá bestu leikmönnum í riðlaselezionareシードする시드하다(우수한 선수끼리 처음부터 맞서지 않도록 대전표를 짜다)atrinktiatsijāt; atlasītmeletakkan seseorang sebagai pemain pilihanselecterenseederozstawićescalado, decrépitoa clasificaотбирать сильных игроков для финальных соревнованийnasadiťoddelitirasporediti timseedaคัดสรรsıralamak, eşleştirmek抽出種子(選手)відбирати сильніших гравцівاعلی مقام کے کھلاڑیوں کو آخر کے لیے بچا کر رکھناlựa chọn đấu thủ hạt giống抽出种子（选手）

adj ˈseeded

having been seeded a seeded player.gekeurمُصَنَّف مع الجيِّدينиграч от висока класаnasazenýseedetverteiltπαίκτης εξαιρετικής απόδοσηςpreseleccionadoasetatud, tabelisse paigutatudبازيكن قويsijoitettuclasséשַׂחקָן מְדוֹרָגवरीयताक्रम वालाstavljen na rang-listu, određen za nosioca skupine u natjecanjukiemelt (játékos)terpilihsem hefur verið komið fyrir í riðliclassificatoシードされた시드된atrinktasatsijāts; izlases-diletakkan sebagai pemain pilihangeplaatstseedetrozstawionyclasificatотобранныйnasadenýki si je pridobil kvalifikacijoodređen za nosiocaseedadที่คัดมาแล้วeşleşmiş種子選手відібранийدرجہ بندی میں مقام حاصل کیا ہواđược chọn là hạt giống种子选手

n ˈseedling [-liŋ]

a young plant just grown from a seed Don't walk on the lettuce seedlings!saailingغَرْسَهмладо стръкчеsemenáčekspireder Sämlingφυντάνι, βλαστάριplanta de semilleroidu, võrseنهال بذريtaimisemisנֶבֶטपौद, पौधpresadnica, sadnicapalántatumbuhan muda, bibitkímplantapianticella苗(木)어린 식물, 실생(實生)sėjinukasstāds; dēstssemaianzaailingfrøplante; ungtresadzonkarăsadрассада, сеянецsemenáčsadikamladicaspäd plantaต้นไม้ที่งอกจากเมล็ดfide籽苗，秧苗сіянець, паростокنیا پوداcây trồng từ hạt籽苗，秧苗

adj ˈseedy

1 shabby a rather seedy hotel.slonsigرَث، بالٍзападналzchátralýlurvetschäbigπαλιός, φθαρμένος, άθλιοςcutre, sórdido, de mala muerteviletsفرسودهrähjäinenminableמוּזנָחगंदाotrcankopott(as külsejű)buruksubbulegursquallidoみすぼらしい초라한apšepęs, aptriušęsnoplucis; nožēlojamsburuk; selekehsjofelloslitt, usteltpodły, nędznydărăpănat, în paraginăпотрёпанный; убогийschátranýzanemarjenotrcanluggsliten, sjaskigโทรมdöküntü, köhne, kılıksız, pis襤褸的пошарпаний, поношенийبد وضعtiều tụy褴褛的

2 ill or unhealthy He's feeling a bit seedy.siekerigغَيْر صِحّي، مُتَوَعِّكнеразположенnemocnýuvelflau, unpäßlichαδιάθετος, μη υγιήςpachuchokehva enesetundegaمريض احوالhuonossa kunnossapas dans son assietteלא בְּקַו הַבְּריאוּתअस्वास्थ्यकरloše, koji se ne odjeća dobrogyengélkedőtidak sehatlasinn, slappurindisposto気分の悪い병든, 기분이 나쁜nesveikas, negaluojantisneveselstidak sihatslapslapp, skralniezdrówadoentadosleit, dărâmatнездоровый, не по себеchorýslabotenslabunjavkrasslig, vissenไม่สบายkeyifsiz, rahatsız不舒服нездоровийبیمارkhó ở不舒服

n ˈseediness

slonsigheidكَوْن الشَّيء أو المَكان بالٍ أو مُهْتَرئзанемареностošumělostlurvetheddie Schäbigkeit, die Flauheitφθορά, αθλιότηταaspecto sórdidokehv enesetunneژوليدگي؛كسالتhuonokuntoisuusaspect miteuxרִיבּוּי זְרָעִיםबिजैलापन, फटीचरपनotrcanost, mamurlukszegényesség, kopottság, betegesség; magvasságkeburukane-ð sem er í niðurníðslutrasandatezzaみすぼらしさ열매를 맺음bloga savijauta, negalavimasnoplucis izskats; slikta pašsajūtakeadaan yang buruksjofelheid, slapheidloslitthetzłe samopoczucie, podniszczony standecadênciaaspect decrepitневажнецкий видschátranosť, ošarpanosťzanemarjenostotrcanostluggslitenhetมีรสขื่นköhnelik; rahatsızlık結籽зернистістьخستہ حالیsự khó ở结籽

n ˈseedbed

ground prepared for growing seeds. saadlaai, saadkassieمَشْتَل للبُذورлеха с разсадzáhonudsåningsbeddas Samenbeetφυτώριοsemillerotaimelavaزمين آماده بذرپاشيkylvöalustasemisמִנבַּטָהबोने योग्य खेतlijehaágyáspersemaiansáðreiturvivaio, semenzaio苗床모판, 온상daigynasdēstu dobe; sēšanai sagatavota dobetapak semaianzaaibedfrøbedrozsadnikcanteirorăzorрассадочная грядкаzáhonsemenska gredaleja sa rasadomsåbädd, drivbänkแปลงเพาะชำfidelik種子田парник; грядка з розсадоюکیاریluống đất tốt để gieo hạt种子田

go to seed

1 (of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!onversorgd wordيُصاب بالوَهَن وعَدَم الإكْتِراث، يَشيخзанемарявам сеzanedbávatgå i frøherunterkommenπαραμελώ την εμφάνισή μουdescuidarse, abandonarse, echarse a perderlohakaks minema, mitte hoolimaاز دل و دماغ افتادن؛مفلوك شدنrupsahtaase négligerלְהֵראוֹת מְרוּשָׁלअपने कपड़े इत्यादि के प्रति लापरवाहzapustiti se, postati neuredankivénültidak rapiláta á sjá, hrörnalasciarsi andareだらしなくなる(사람이) 초라하게 되다apsileistinolaisties; nerūpēties par savu izskatumenjadi selekehslonzig wordengå i frøzaniedbać siędesmazelar-sea se neglijaопуститьсяzanedbávať sazanemariti seopustiti seförfallaซอมซ่อgörünüşüne önem vermemek不修邊幅обрезкнутиناکارہ ، نا اہل ہوناtrở nên luộm thuộm不修边幅

2 (of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for This part of town has gone to seed recently.onversorgd raakيُصْبِحُ رثّاбивам занемаренupadatforsumpeherunterkommenυποβαθμίζομαι, εξαθλιώνομαι (για τόπο)deteriorarsearmetusse seisu jäämaفرسوده شدنrapistuaaller à vau-l'eauמוּזנָחजगह इत्यादि जिसकी सफाई या देखरेख नहीं की जा रही होotrcati selepusztultidak terurushrörna, láta á sjádecadereみすぼらしくなる(장소가) 쓸쓸해지다; 활력을 잃다apšepti, sunyktibūt nolaistam/nekoptammenjadi buruk selekehafzakkenbli nedslittpodupadaćdecaira se părăgini, a fi în paraginăприйти в упадокupadaťpostati zanemarjenpropastiförfallaโทรมbakımsız kalmak汙穢занепадати; марнуватисяبری حالت میں ہوناbắt đầu trông tiều tụy污秽

3 (also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering. saad skietيُبَذِّرُдавам семеzakládat na semenogå i frøSamen tragenβγάζω σπόρους (για φυτό)granarseemneid andmaتخم ريختنtehdä siementämonter en graineלִיצוֹר זְרָעִיםबीज उत्पन्न करनाizrasti u sjeme, dati sjemefelmagzikmenghasilkan bijibera fræsementire種ができる결실기에 접어들다auginti sėklasdot sēklasmengeluarkan bijizaad vormensette frøwytwarzać ziarnodar sementesa face seminţe (după înflorire)пойти в семенаvytvárať semeno (po odkvitnutí)iti v semedati semegå i frö, fröa sigที่ให้เมล็ดtohum vermek結果піти в насінняپھلنے کے بعد بیج پیدا کرناđã kết hạt结果