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seed

US/siːd/ fairly common slang us
noun (5) verb (8)

noun

1.
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

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4.

anything that provides inspiration for later work

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5.

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

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verb

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”
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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”

Origin

] 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”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeade (“seed”), North Frisian sead, seed, siad, Siid, sädj, säid (“seed”), Saterland Frisian Säid (“seed”), West Frisian sied (“seed”), Dutch zaad (“seed”), German Saat (“seed; sowing”), Limburgish zaod (“seed”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sæd (“seed”), Faroese and Icelandic sáð (“seed”), Swedish säd (“seed”), Gothic *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs, “seed”); also Latin serō (“to sow, plant”), Latvian sēt (“to sow”), Lithuanian sėti (“to sow”), Bulgarian се́я (séja, “to sow, plant”), Czech sít (“to sow”), Macedonian сее (see, “to sow”), Polish siać (“to sow”), Russian се́ять (séjatʹ, “to sow”), Serbo-Croatian се̏јати, sȅjati, си̏јати, sȉjati (“to sow”), Slovak siať (“to sow”), Slovene sejáti (“to sow”), Ukrainian сі́яти (síjaty, “to sow”). More at sow.

Phrases

  • aburachan seed
  • amber seed
  • apple seed
  • bad seed
  • bean seed fly
  • black seed squash
  • canary seed
  • caraway seed bread

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