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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed,
     AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G.
     saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s
     seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf.
     Colza.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or
            more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a
            currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
        (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
            pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;
            as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
                  the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
                  yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
                  itself.                           --Gen. i. 11.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and
           within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is
           either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the
           albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of
           the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where
           the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the
           closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
        -- not used in the plural.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That from which anything springs; first principle;
        original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The principle of production.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,
              Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of
        Abraham; the seed of David.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to
           any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,
           though rarely used in the plural.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Race; generation; birth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Of mortal seed they were not held.    --Waller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation
        of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag
        encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which
        swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and
        the sides of the hole.
  
     Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the
        embryo state; the ovule.
  
     Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
  
     Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
        
  
     To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved
        for seed, so as to forestall starvation; -- a desparate
        measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any
        desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in
        the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.
        
  
     Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as
        cotton seed.
  
     Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2
        (a) .
  
     Seed eater (Zo["o]l.), any finch of the genera
        Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
        
  
     Seed gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall which resembles a seed,
        formed on the leaves of various plants, usually by some
        species of Phylloxera.
  
     Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
  
     Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
  
     Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
  
     Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size
        suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
  
     Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
  
     Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are
        sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
  
     Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a
        funicle.
  
     Seed tick (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ticks
        resembling seeds in form and color.
  
     Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the
        seeds; a pericarp.
  
     Seed weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small weevils,
        especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the
        seeds of various plants.
  
     Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.
        [Southern U.S.]
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Seed \Seed\, v. i.
     1. To sow seed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To shed the seed. --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To grow to maturity, and to produce seed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Many interests have grown up, and seeded, and
              twisted their roots in the crevices of many wrongs.
                                                    --Landor.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Seed \Seed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Seeding.]
     1. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to
        seed a field.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with
        seedlike decorations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To seed down, to sow with grass seed.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s?d,
     fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel.
     s[=a]?, s??i, Goth. manas?ps seed of men. world. See Sow to
     scatter seed, and cf. Colza.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or
            more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a
            currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
        (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
            pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;
            as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
  
                  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
                  the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
                  yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
                  itself.                           --Gen. i. 11.
  
     Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and
           within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is
           either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the
           albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of
           the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where
           the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the
           closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
  
     2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
        -- not used in the plural.
  
     3. That from which anything springs; first principle;
        original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
  
     4. The principle of production.
  
              Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which
              may the like in coming ages breed.    --Waller.
  
     5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of
        Abraham; the seed of David.
  
     Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to
           any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,
           though rarely used in the plural.
  
     6. Race; generation; birth.
  
              Of mortal seed they were not held.    --Waller.
  
     Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation
        of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag
        encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which
        swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and
        the sides of the hole.
  
     Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the
        embryo state; the ovule.
  
     Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
  
     Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
        
  
     Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as
        cotton seed.
  
     Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2
        (a) .
  
     Seed eater (Zo["o]l.), any finch of the genera
        Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
        
  
     Seed gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall which resembles a seed,
        formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some
        species of Phylloxera.
  
     Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
  
     Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
  
     Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
  
     Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size
        suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
  
     Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
  
     Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are
        sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
  
     Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a
        funicle.
  
     Seed tick (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ticks
        resembling seeds in form and color.
  
     Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the
        seeds; a pericarp.
  
     Seed weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small weevels,
        especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the
        seeds of various plants.
  
     Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.
        [Southern U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Seed \Seed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Seeding.]
     1. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to
        seed a field.
  
     2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with
        seedlike decorations.
  
              A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. --B. Jonson.
  
     To seed down, to sow with grass seed.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  seed
       n 1: a small hard fruit
       2: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and
          its food source and having a protective coat or testa
       3: one of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded
          player]
       4: anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn: source,
           germ]
       5: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
          ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seminal
          fluid, ejaculate, cum]
       v 1: go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
       2: help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by
          providing seed money
       3: bear seeds
       4: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
          sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, sough]
       5: distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or
          players will not meet in the early rounds
       6: sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause
          rain; "seed clouds"
       7: inoculate with microorganisms
       8: remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ο αποθηκευμένος για μελλοντική χρήση
     2 ο αρχικός
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 σπόρος
     2 παγκόσμια κατάταξη αθλητών κορυφαίων επιδόσεων
     3 η αρχική θέση ενός αγωνιζόμενου ή μιας ομάδας σε ένα αγώνισμα
     4 αθλητής με υψηλή βαθμολογία
     5 διαφημιστικό μήνυμα σε ιστότοπους
     Αγγλικά vb.
     φυτεύω σπόρους, σπέρνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l en seed) (gloss: ovule or analogous structure):
     2 # A kind or variety of (l en seed).
     3 # (lb enm collectively nocat=1) (l en seed), grain
     4 (lb enm figuratively) germ, origin
     5 semen, sperm (gloss: or the supposed female equivalent)
     6 offspring, progeny
     7 descendants, lineage
     8 (lb enm rare) bit, granule
     9 (lb enm rare) seeding, sowing
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en seed) (gloss: ovule or analogous structure):
     2 # A kind or variety of (l en seed).
     3 # (lb enm collectively nocat=1) (l en seed), grain
     4 (lb enm figuratively) germ, origin
     5 semen, sperm (gloss: or the supposed female equivalent)
     6 offspring, progeny
     7 descendants, lineage
     8 (lb enm rare) bit, granule
     9 (lb enm rare) seeding, sowing
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm seden t=to seed id=to seed)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Seed
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     alt.
     1 (lb en countable botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing
  an embryonic plant.
     2 (senseid en fertilized grain)(lb en countable) Any small seed-like
  fruit.
     3 (lb en countable agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant
  which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or
  bulbs.
     4 (lb en uncountable collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be
  readily counted.
     5 (lb en countable) A fragment of coral.
     6 (lb en uncountable) (1: semen).
     7 (lb en countable figurative) A precursor.
     8 (lb en countable) The initial state, condition or position of a
  changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a
  defined chain of precursors.
     9 # (lb en sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a
  tournament. (seed position)
     10 # The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
     11 # (lb en cryptography) The initialization state of a pseudorandom
  number generator or similar system. (seed number)
     12 # (lb en online marketing) A commercial message in a creative
  format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed
  message)
     13 (lb en now rare) (1: offspring), descendants, progeny.
     14 (1: race); generation; birth.
     15 (lb en physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that
  serves as a nucleation point for some process.
     16 A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
     n.
     1 (lb en countable botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing
  an embryonic plant.
     2 (senseid en fertilized grain)(lb en countable) Any small seed-like
  fruit.
     3 (lb en countable agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant
  which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or
  bulbs.
     4 (lb en uncountable collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be
  readily counted.
     5 (lb en countable) A fragment of coral.
     6 (lb en uncountable) (1: semen).
     7 (lb en countable figurative) A precursor.
     8 (lb en countable) The initial state, condition or position of a
  changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a
  defined chain of precursors.
     9 # (lb en sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a
  tournament. (seed position)
     10 # The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
     11 # (lb en cryptography) The initialization state of a pseudorandom
  number generator or similar system. (seed number)
     12 # (lb en online marketing) A commercial message in a creative
  format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed
  message)
     13 (lb en now rare) (1: offspring), descendants, progeny.
     14 (1: race); generation; birth.
     15 (lb en physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that
  serves as a nucleation point for some process.
     16 A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To plant or sow an area with #Nouns.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to
  ornament with seedlike decorations.
     3 (lb en transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the
  initial resources for, position of, state of.
     4 (lb en sports gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
     5 (lb en internet transitive) To leave (files) available for others
  to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g.
  BitTorrent).
     6 (lb en intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a
  quarter-final, semi-final(,) or final.
     7 (lb en meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or
  airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
     8 (lb en intransitive) To produce #Noun.
     9 (lb en intransitive) To grow to maturity.
     10 (lb en slang vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during
  intercourse, especially in the rectum.
     vb.
     (lb en dialectal)<!--found in Southern US black speech, and
  probably also elsewhere--> (infl of en see  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Seed
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l en seed) (gloss: ovule or analogous structure):
     2 # A kind or variety of (l en seed).
     3 # (lb enm collectively nocat=1) (l en seed), grain
     4 (lb enm figuratively) germ, origin
     5 semen, sperm (gloss: or the supposed female equivalent)
     6 offspring, progeny
     7 descendants, lineage
     8 (lb enm rare) bit, granule
     9 (lb enm rare) seeding, sowing
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en seed) (gloss: ovule or analogous structure):
     2 # A kind or variety of (l en seed).
     3 # (lb enm collectively nocat=1) (l en seed), grain
     4 (lb enm figuratively) germ, origin
     5 semen, sperm (gloss: or the supposed female equivalent)
     6 offspring, progeny
     7 descendants, lineage
     8 (lb enm rare) bit, granule
     9 (lb enm rare) seeding, sowing
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm seden t=to seed id=to seed)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Seed
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     Middle English alt.
     1 (l en seed) (gloss: ovule or analogous structure):
     2 # A kind or variety of (l en seed).
     3 # (lb enm collectively nocat=1) (l en seed), grain
     4 (lb enm figuratively) germ, origin
     5 semen, sperm (gloss: or the supposed female equivalent)
     6 offspring, progeny
     7 descendants, lineage
     8 (lb enm rare) bit, granule
     9 (lb enm rare) seeding, sowing
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en seed) (gloss: ovule or analogous structure):
     2 # A kind or variety of (l en seed).
     3 # (lb enm collectively nocat=1) (l en seed), grain
     4 (lb enm figuratively) germ, origin
     5 semen, sperm (gloss: or the supposed female equivalent)
     6 offspring, progeny
     7 descendants, lineage
     8 (lb enm rare) bit, granule
     9 (lb enm rare) seeding, sowing
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm seden t=to seed id=to seed)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Seed
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     Englanti n.
     1 siemen
     2 (ylätyyli: raamatullinen) siemenneste; jälkeläiset
     Englanti vb.
     1 siementää
     2 kylvää
     3 (tietotekniikka: k=en) jakaa tiedostoja vertaisverkossa latauksen
  jälkeen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seed
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg botanik språk=en) frö
     2 (tagg botanik språk=en) kärna
     3 (tagg botanik språk=en) sten
     4 säd
     5 (tagg sport språk=en) seedad spelare
     Engelska vb.
     1 seeda, rangordna, ranka
     2 beså
     3 kärna ur

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  seed /sˈiːd/
  saad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Seed /sˈiːd/
  البذرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  seed //siːd// 
  1. се́ме 2.
  any small seed-like fruit
   3.
  semen
  2. посев
  collective: amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted
  3. зародиш
  precursor

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  seed //siːd// 
  сея, засявам
  to plant or sow seeds