Seed | Mean of seed in English Dictionary
/ˈsiːd/
- Noun
- a small object produced by a plant from which a new plant can grow
- a packet of sunflower seeds
- He planted/sowed the seeds three inches apart.
- (US) apple/orange seeds [=(Brit) pips]
- She raked the grass seed into the soil.
- She grows her plants from seed. [=by planting seeds rather than by some other method]
- the beginning of something which continues to develop or grow
- Her comment planted/sowed a seed of doubt in his mind. [=caused him to begin to have doubts]
- The government's policies planted/sowed the seeds of war/destruction. [=created a situation that led to war/destruction]
- a player or team that is ranked as one of the best in a competition (such as a tennis tournament) in order to be sure that the best players or teams do not play against each other in the early part of the competition
- The top seed won the tournament.
- Our team is the number one seed.
- She is ranked as the third seed.
- all the children, grandchildren, etc., of a particular man
- the seed of Abraham
- a man's semen
- a man spreading his seed [=fathering many children]
- to produce seeds
- The flowers will go to seed and spread.
- The plant runs to seed rapidly in hot weather.
- to become less attractive, effective, etc., because of age or lack of care
- He let himself go to seed after he lost his job.
- Verb
- to plant (an area of ground) with seeds
- We seeded the field with corn.
- a newly seeded lawn
- to produce seeds
- These plants will seed late in the fall.
- to remove (seeds) from a fruit or vegetable
- After you wash and seed the peppers you can chop them.
- to give (a player or team) a particular rank which shows how likely that person or team is to win a competition (such as a tennis tournament)
- The team/player was seeded first/last in the tournament.
- the top-seeded player
- to produce new plants from its own seeds
- This plant spreads quickly because it seeds itself.
- used for producing a new crop of plants
- seed corn/potatoes
