seed
//siːd//
Forms
- Plural
- seeds
- present (v1)
- seed
- past (v2)
- seeded
- past participle (v3)
- seeded
- present participle
- seeding
- 3rd person singular
- seeds
Definitions
1.A fragment of coral.
2.Semen.
- A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.
- And if any mans seede of copulation goe out from him, then hee shall wash all his flesh in water, and bee vncleane vntill the Euen.
3.Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
4.An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.
1.To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
2.To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
- The programmer seeded fresh, uncorrupted data into the database before running unit tests.
- The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.
3.To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
4.To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- These poppies have not seeded themselves yet.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2218
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
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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”).
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