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seed

  [seed] noun, plural seeds, (especially collectively) seed, verb, adjective
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–noun
1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
2. any propagative part of a plant, including tubers, bulbs, etc., esp. as preserved for growing a new crop.
3. such parts collectively.
4. any similar small part or fruit.
5. Dialect. pit 2 .
6. the germ or propagative source of anything: the seeds of discord.
7. offspring; progeny.
8. birth: not of mortal seed.
9. sperm; semen.
10. the ovum or ova of certain animals, as the lobster and the silkworm moth.
11. seed oyster.
12. a small air bubble in a glass piece, caused by defective firing.
13. Crystallography, Chemistry. a small crystal added to a solution to promote crystallization.
14. Tennis. a player who has been seeded in a tournament.
–verb (used with object)
15. to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed.
16. to sow or scatter (seed).
17. to sow or scatter (clouds) with crystals or particles of silver iodide, solid carbon dioxide, etc., to induce precipitation.
18. to place, introduce, etc., esp. in the hope of increase or profit: to seed a lake with trout.
19. to sprinkle on (a surface, substance, etc.) in the manner of seed: to seed an icy bridge with chemicals.
20. to remove the seeds from (fruit).
21. Sports.
a. to arrange (the drawings for positions in a tournament) so that ranking players or teams will not meet in the early rounds of play.
b. to distribute (ranking players or teams) in this manner.
22. to develop or stimulate (a business, project, etc.), esp. by providing operating capital.
–verb (used without object)
23. to sow seed.
24. to produce or shed seed.
–adjective
25. of or producing seed; used for seed: a seed potato.
26. being or providing capital for the initial stages of a new business or other enterprise: The research project began with seed donations from the investors.
—Idioms
27. go or run to seed,
a. (of the flower of a plant) to pass to the stage of yielding seed.
b. to lose vigor, power, or prosperity; deteriorate: He has gone to seed in the last few years.
28. in seed,
a. (of certain plants) in the state of bearing ripened seeds.
b. (of a field, a lawn, etc.) sown with seed.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME sede, side, seed(e), OE sēd, sǣd; c. G Saat, ON sāth, Goth -seths; (v.) ME seden to produce seeds, deriv. of the n.; akin to sow1

Related forms:
seedless, adjective
seed⋅less⋅ness, noun
seedlike, adjective

Synonyms:
7. descendants, heirs, posterity, issue, scions.
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seed   (sēd)   
n.   pl. seeds or seed

  1. A ripened plant ovule containing an embryo.

  2. A propagative part of a plant, as a tuber or spore.

  3. Seeds considered as a group.

  4. The seed-bearing stage of a plant.

  5. Something that resembles a seed, as a tiny bubble in a piece of glass.

    1. A small amount of material used to start a chemical reaction.

    2. A small crystal used to start a crystallization process.

  7. Medicine A form of a radioactive isotope that is used to localize and concentrate the amount of radiation administered to a body site, such as a tumor.

  8. A source or beginning; a germ.

  9. Offspring; progeny.

  10. Family stock; ancestry.

  11. Sperm; semen.

  12. A seed oyster or oysters; spat.

  13. Sports A player who has been seeded for a tournament, often at a given rank: a top seed.

v.   seed·ed, seed·ing, seeds

v.   tr.

  1. To plant seeds in (land, for example); sow.

  2. To plant in soil.

  3. To remove the seeds from (fruit).

  4. To furnish with something that grows or stimulates growth or development: a bioreactor seeded with bacteria.

  5. Medicine To cause (cells or a tumor, for example) to grow or multiply.

  6. Meteorology To sprinkle (a cloud) with particles, as of silver iodide, in order to disperse it or to produce precipitation.

  7. Sports

    1. To arrange (the drawing for positions in a tournament) so that the more skilled contestants meet in the later rounds.

    2. To rank (a contestant) in this way.

  8. To help (a business, for example) in its early development.

v.   intr.

  1. To sow seed.

  2. To go to seed.

  3. Medicine To grow or multiply, as a tumor.

adj.  

  1. Set aside for planting a new crop: seed corn; seed wheat.

  2. Intended to help in early stages: provided seed capital for a fledgling business.


[Middle English, from Old English sǣd, sēd; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

seed  (v.)
"to produce seed," c.1374; "to sow with seed," c.1440; from seed (n.). Sporting (originally tennis) sense (1898) is from notion of spreading certain players' names so as to insure they will not meet early in a tournament. The noun in this sense is attested from 1933.

seed  (n.)
O.E. sed, sæd, from P.Gmc. *sædis, *sæda- (cf. O.N. sað, O.S. sad, O.Fris. sed, M.Du. saet, O.H.G. sat, Ger. Saat), from root *sæ- "to sow," from PIE base *se- "to sow" (see sow (v.)). Meaning "offspring, progeny" was in O.E., rare now except in biblical use. Sporting (originally tennis) sense is from notion of spreading certain players' names so as to insure they will not meet early in a tournament (1924). Seedy is 1440, originally "fruitful, abundant," meaning "shabby" is from 1749, probably in allusion to the appearance of a flowering plant that has run to seed.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1seed
Pronunciation: 'sEd
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural seed or seeds
1 a : thefertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant containing an embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant; broadly : a propagative plant structure (as a spore orsmall dry fruit) b : a propagative animal structure: (1) : MILT, SEMEN (2) : a small egg (as of an insect) (3) : a developmental form of a lower animal —see SEED TICK
2 : a small usually glass and gold or platinum capsule used as a container for a radioactivesubstance (as radium or radon) to be applied usually interstitially in the treatment of cancer seeds for bladder cancer>

Main Entry: 2seed
Function: intransitive verb
: to bear or shed seed seed transitive senses
1 : to furnish with somethingthat causes or stimulates growth or development
2 : INOCULATE
3 : to supply withnuclei (as of crystallization or condensation)

Main Entry: 3seed
Function: adjective
1 : selected or used to produce a new crop or stock <seed virus>
2 : left orsaved for breeding seed population>
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Medical Dictionary

seed (sēd)
n.

  1. A ripened plant ovule that contains an embryo.

  2. A propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber or a spore.

  3. Sperm; semen.

v. seed·ed, seed·ing, seeds
To inoculate a culture medium with microorganisms.

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Computing Dictionary

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Idioms & Phrases

seed

see run to seed.

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