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Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany:
A
fertilized
and
ripened
ovule
,
containing
an
embryonic
plant.
●
Any small seed-like fruit.
●
In Agriculture:
Any
propagative
portion
of a
plant
which may be
sown
, such as
true
seeds
, seed-like
fruits
,
tubers
, or bulbs.
●
An amount of
seeds
that cannot be
readily
counted.
●
A
fragment
of coral.
●
Semen.
●
A precursor.
●
In Sports:
The
initial
state,
condition
or
position
of a
changing
,
growing
or
developing
process; the
ultimate
precursor
in a
defined
chain
of
precursor
s.
The
initial
position
of a
competitor
or team in a
tournament
. (seed
position
)
●
The
initial
state,
condition
or
position
of a
changing
,
growing
or
developing
process; the
ultimate
precursor
in a
defined
chain
of
precursor
s.
The
competitor
or team
occupying
a given
seed
. (seed position)
●
In Cryptography:
The
initial
state,
condition
or
position
of a
changing
,
growing
or
developing
process; the
ultimate
precursor
in a
defined
chain
of
precursor
s.
The
initialization
state of a
pseudorandom number generator
or
similar
system. (seed number)
●
In Internet & Marketing:
The
initial
state,
condition
or
position
of a
changing
,
growing
or
developing
process; the
ultimate
precursor
in a
defined
chain
of
precursor
s.
A
commercial
message
in a
creative
format
placed
on
relevant
sites
on the Internet. (seed
idea
or
seed
message
)
●
Offspring,
descendants
, progeny.
●
Race;
generation
; birth.
●
In Physics:
A small
particle
,
bubble
, or
imperfection
that
serves
as a
nucleation
point for some process.
●
A small
bubble
formed
in
imperfectly
fused
glass.
Verb
●
To
plant
or
sow
an area with seeds.
●
To
cover
thinly
with something
scattered
; to
ornament
with
seedlike
decorations.
●
To
start
; to provide,
assign
or
determine
the
initial
resources for,
position
of, state of.
●
In Gaming & Sports:
To
allocate
a
seeding
to a competitor.
●
In Internet:
To
leave
(files) available for others to
download
through
peer-to-peer
file sharing
protocols
(e.g. BitTorrent).
●
To be
qualified
to
compete
, especially in a
quarter-final
,
semi-final
, or final.
●
In Meteorology:
To
scatter
small
particles
within (a
cloud
or
airmass
) in order to
trigger
the
formation
of rain.
●
To
produce
seed.
●
To
grow
to maturity.
⚠️
To
ejaculate
inside the
penetratee
during
intercourse
, especially in the rectum.
●
simple past
and
past participle
of see
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
seed
English
seed
Middle English (1100-1500)
sed
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Germ
Sede
Offspring
Sperm
Semen
Related
Plant
Crop
Flower
Harvest
Grain
Fruit
Leaf
Tomato
Mushroom
Pollen
Corn
Root
Germination
Wheat
Bean
Soybean
Soil
Rice
Sapling
Cultivar
Cotyledon
Tree
Replant
Potato
Oil
Tuber
Grass
Fertilize
Beans
Embryo
Vegetable
Compost
Mulch
Maize
Plants
Herb
Sow
Fruits
Fungus
Fertilizer
Leaves
Inoculate
Pulp
Endosperm
Egg
Kernel
Extract
Sunflower
Banana
Juice
Prime
Pollinate
Germinate
Yield
Fruit Tree
Navel Orange
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Rhymes
Eid
Read
Mead
He'D
Cede
Reed
Weed
Meed
Seed
We'D
Mede
Deed
Ye'D
Feed
Lede
Heed
Bead
Need
Creed
Keyed
Plead
Glede
Knead
Speed
Blead
Tweed
Gleed
Steed
Sneed
Kneed
Bleed
Greed
She'D
Breed
Impede
Beread
Screed
Unheed
Tawhid
Expede
Recede
Indeed
Abreed
Thneed
Agreed
Exceed
Precede
Succeed
Nasheed
Aniseed
Concede
Mislead
Misread
Proceed
Stampede
Overbreed
Underfeed
Supersede
Intercede
Interbreed
Tumbleweed
Lushootseed
Counterplead
Port Said
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