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seeds

 
Noun seed has 5 senses
  1. seed - a small hard fruit
    --1 is a kind of
    fruit
    --1 has parts: kernel, meat
    --1 has particulars:
     edible seed; coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee; pip; bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed; Job's tears; oilseed; safflower seed; grain, caryopsis; ash-key; coquilla nut; babassu nut; cohune nut; ivory nut, vegetable ivory, apple nut; neem seed; buckeye, horse chestnut, conker; jumping bean, jumping seed, Mexican jumping bean; bean; nut
    Derived forms: verb seed8, verb seed4, verb seed3
  2. seed - a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
    --2 is a kind of
    ovule
    --2 has parts:
     testa, episperm, seed coat; endosperm; pericarp, seed vessel
    Derived forms: verb seed4, verb seed3, verb seed1
  3. seeded player, seed - one of the outstanding players in a tournament
    --3 is a kind of player, participant
    Derived form: verb seed5
  4. source, seed, germ - anything that provides inspiration for later work
    --4 is a kind of inspiration
    --4 has particulars: taproot; muse
  5. semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
    --5 is a kind of liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
    --5 has parts: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
    --5 has particulars: milt
Verb seed has 8 senses
  1. seed - go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
    --1 is one way to
    spill, shed, disgorge
    Derived form: noun seed2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. seed - help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
    --2 is one way to
    finance
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. seed - bear seeds
    --3 is one way to
    bear, turn out
    Derived forms: noun seed2, noun seed1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. sow, sough, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
    --4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Derived forms: noun seed2, noun seed1, noun seeder2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
    --5 is one way to
    rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
    Derived form: noun seed3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  6. seed - sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"
    --6 is one way to
    process, treat
    Derived form: noun seeder1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. seed - inoculate with microorganisms
    --7 is one way to
    inoculate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
    --8 is one way to
    remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived forms: noun seed1, noun seeder3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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