'Seed' definitions:
Definition of 'seed'
From: WordNet
noun
A small hard fruit
noun
A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
noun
One of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded player, seed]
noun
noun
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
verb
Go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
verb
Help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
verb
Bear seeds
verb
Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
verb
Distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
verb
Sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"
verb
Inoculate with microorganisms
verb
Remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
Definition of 'Seed'
From: GCIDE
- Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], sae[eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf. Colza.]
- 1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. [1913 Webster]
- And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. --Gen. i. 11. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The principle of production. [1913 Webster]
- Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Race; generation; birth. [1913 Webster]
- Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.
- Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule.
- Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
- Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
- To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved for seed, so as to forestall starvation; -- a desparate measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.
- Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed.
- Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2 (a) .
- Seed eater (Zool.), any finch of the genera Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
- Seed gall (Zool.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera.
- Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
- Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
- Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
- Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
- Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
- Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
- Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle.
- Seed tick (Zool.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color.
- Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp.
- Seed weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous small weevils, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants.
- Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Seed'
From: GCIDE
- Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], sae[eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf. Colza.]
- 1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. [1913 Webster]
- And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. --Gen. i. 11. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The principle of production. [1913 Webster]
- Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Race; generation; birth. [1913 Webster]
- Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.
- Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule.
- Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
- Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
- To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved for seed, so as to forestall starvation; -- a desparate measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.
- Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed.
- Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2 (a) .
- Seed eater (Zool.), any finch of the genera Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
- Seed gall (Zool.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera.
- Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
- Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
- Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
- Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
- Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
- Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
- Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle.
- Seed tick (Zool.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color.
- Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp.
- Seed weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous small weevils, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants.
- Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Seed'
From: GCIDE
- Seed \Seed\, v. i.
- 1. To sow seed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shed the seed. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To grow to maturity, and to produce seed. [1913 Webster]
- Many interests have grown up, and seeded, and twisted their roots in the crevices of many wrongs. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seed'
From: GCIDE
- Seed \Seed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeding.]
- 1. To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations. [1913 Webster]
- A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- To seed down, to sow with grass seed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acorn,
- affiliation,
- androcyte,
- Anlage,
- antheridium,
- antherozoid,
- apparentation,
- basis,
- bed,
- berry,
- bird seed,
- birth,
- blood,
- bloodline,
- branch,
- breed,
- broadcast,
- brood,
- bud,
- bulb,
- cause,
- children,
- common ancestry,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- consanguinity,
- core,
- corm,
- decay,
- decline,
- degenerate,
- derivation,
- descendants,
- descent,
- deteriorate,
- dibble,
- direct line,
- disseminate,
- distaff side,
- distribute,
- drill,
- egg,
- embryo,
- extraction,
- family,
- female line,
- filiation,
- flaxseed,
- forest,
- fruit,
- germ,
- germen,
- go downhill,
- go to pot,
- grain,
- grandchildren,
- great-grandchildren,
- grounds,
- hayseed,
- heirs,
- hostages to fortune,
- house,
- image,
- implant,
- impression,
- inheritors,
- inseminate,
- issue,
- kernel,
- kids,
- line,
- line of descent,
- lineage,
- linseed,
- little ones,
- loins,
- male gamete,
- male line,
- milt,
- motivation,
- motive,
- new generation,
- notion,
- nucleus,
- nut,
- offspring,
- origin,
- ovule,
- ovum,
- phylum,
- pip,
- pit,
- pitch,
- plant,
- pollen,
- posterity,
- pot,
- progeniture,
- progeny,
- protein,
- provocation,
- put in,
- race,
- reason,
- reforest,
- reset,
- retimber,
- rising generation,
- root,
- rudiment,
- run down,
- scatter,
- scatter seed,
- scum,
- seed down,
- semen,
- seminal fluid,
- seminate,
- sept,
- set,
- side,
- sons,
- source,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- spark,
- spear side,
- sperm,
- sperm cell,
- spermagonium,
- spermatic fluid,
- spermatid,
- spermatiophore,
- spermatium,
- spermatocyte,
- spermatogonium,
- spermatophore,
- spermatozoa,
- spermatozoid,
- spermatozoon,
- spindle side,
- spore,
- stem,
- stirps,
- stock,
- stone,
- strain,
- succession,
- successors,
- sword side,
- transplant,
- treasures,
- tuber,
- young,
- younglings,
- youngsters
Words containing 'Seed'
- Seed down,
- Seeded,
- Seeding,
- Seedness,
- Seeds,
- To seed down,
- Cola seed,
- Drop seed,
- Musk seed,
- Poppy seed,
- Pumpkin seed,
- Seed bag,
- Seed bud,
- Seed coat,
- Seed corn,
- Seed drill,
- Seed eater,
- Seed gall,
- Seed grain,
- Seed leaf,
- Seed lobe,
- Seed oil,
- Seed oyster,
- Seed pearl,
- Seed plat,
- Seed plot,
- Seed stalk,
- Seed tick,
- Seed vessel,
- Seed weevil,
- Seed wool,
- Til seed,
- Tilley seed,
- To run to seed,
- White of a seed,
- anise seed,
- canary seed,
- caraway seed,
- celery seed,
- coriander seed,
- cotton seed,
- cumin seed,
- dill seed,
- edible seed,
- fennel seed,
- fenugreek seed,
- fern seed,
- gone to seed,
- jumping seed,
- mustard seed,
- neem seed,
- nicker seed,
- niger seeds,
- ramtil seeds,
- safflower seed,
- seed beetle,
- seed cake,
- seed catalog,
- seed catalogue,
- seed fern,
- seed lac,
- seed money,
- seed plant,
- seed shrimp,
- seed stock,
- seeded player,
- seeded raisin,
- sesame seed,
- silkworm seed,
- sunflower seed,
- Seed-lac,
- Stick-seed,
- To eat the seed corn,
- black-seeded,
- caraway seed bread,
- drop-seed,
- multi-seeded,
- one-seed,
- one-seeded,
- self-seeded,
- several-seeded,
- single-seeded,
- small-seeded,
- three-seeded,
- white-seeded,
- cotton-seed tree,
- oil-rich seed,
- prickly-seeded spinach,
- sunflower-seed oil,
- three-seeded mercury,
- green-seeded mung bean