Seed
[siːd] or [sid]
Definition
(noun.) a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa.
(noun.) a small hard fruit.
(verb.) remove the seeds from; 'seed grapes'.
(verb.) inoculate with microorganisms.
(verb.) sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; 'seed clouds'.
(verb.) distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds.
(verb.) go to seed; shed seeds; 'The dandelions went to seed'.
(verb.) bear seeds.
(verb.) help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money.
Typist: Mabel--From WordNet
Definition
(pl. ) of Seed
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
(n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
(n.) The principle of production.
(n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
(n.) Race; generation; birth.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
(v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
Edited by Lelia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Semen, sperm.[2]. (Bot.) Embryo (with its envelope or pericarp), matured ovule, kernel, grain.[3]. Original, first principle.[4]. Progeny, offspring, descendants, children.
Editor: Upton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Spring, origin, cause, germ, embryo, root
ANT:Issue, result, birth, product, development, offspring, fruit
Checked by Ernest
Definition
n. the thing sown: the male fecundating fluid semen sperm milt spat the substance produced by plants and animals from which new plants and animals are generated: first principle: original: descendants: children: race: red-seed: a small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.—v.i. to produce seed: to grow to maturity.—v.t. to sow: to plant: to graft.—ns. Seed′-bag a bag for seeds; Seed′-bed a piece of ground for receiving seed; Seed′-bird the water-wagtail; Seed′-bud the bud or germ of the seed; Seed′-cake a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds; Seed′-coat the exterior coat of a seed; Seed′-cod a basket for holding seed; Seed′-cor′al coral in small and irregular pieces; Seed′-corn corn to be used for sowing; Seed′-crush′er an instrument for crushing seeds to express the oil; Seed′-down the down on cotton &c.; Seed′-drill a machine for sowing seed in rows; Seed′-eat′er a granivorous bird.—adj. Seed′ed bearing seed full-grown: sown: (her.) having the stamens indicated.—ns. Seed′-embroi′dery embroidery in which seeds form parts of the design; Seed′er a seed-drill: an apparatus for removing seeds from fruit: a seed-fish; Seed′-field a field in which seed is raised; Seed′-finch a South American finch; Seed′-fish roe or spawn; Seed′-fowl a bird that feeds on grain.—adj. Seed′ful rich in promise.—ns. Seed′-gall a small gall; Seed′-grain corn for seed.—adv. Seed′ily.—ns. Seed′iness the state of being seedy: shabbiness: exhaustion; Seed′ing; Seed′ing-machine′ an agricultural machine for sowing; Seed′ing-plough a plough fitted with a hopper from which seed is automatically deposited; Seed′-lac (see Lac 2); Seed′-leaf a cotyledon; Seed′-leap a seed-basket.—adj. Seed′less having no seeds.—ns. Seed′ling a plant reared from the seed—also adj.; Seed′-lobe a cotyledon or seed-leaf; Seed′ness (Shak.) seedtime; Seed′-oil oil expressed from seeds.—ns.pl. Seed′-oy′sters very young oysters; Seed′-pearls very small or imperfect pearls strung together on horse-hair and attached to mother-of-pearl &c. for ornament—used also in the composition of electuaries &c.—ns. Seed′-plant′er a seeder for planting seed on hills; Seed′-plot a piece of nursery-ground a hot-bed; Seed′-sheet the sheet containing the seed of the sower; Seeds′man one who deals in seeds: a sower:—pl. Seeds′men; Seed′-sow′er a broadcast seeding-machine; Seed′-stalk the funiculus; Seed′-tick a young tick; Seed′time the time or season for sowing seed; Seed′-vess′el the pericarp which contains the seeds; Seed′-weev′il a small weevil which infests seeds; Seed′-wool cotton-wool from which the seeds have not been removed.—adj. Seed′y abounding with seed: run to seed: having the flavour of seeds: worn out: out of sorts looking or feeling unwell: shabby.—n. Seed′y-toe a diseased condition of a horse's foot.
Typist: Waldo
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seed, foretells increasing prosperity, though present indications appear unfavorable.
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Examples
- Is the estate going to seed? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Many cultivated plants display the utmost vigour, and yet rarely or never seed! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I seed him a hauf an hour--nay, happen a quarter of an hour sin', just afore I set off. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The proprietor furnished them with the seed, cattle, and instruments of husbandry, the whole stock, in short, necessary for cultivating the farm. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We see this acted on by farmers and gardeners in their frequent exchanges of seed, tubers, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I seed a gal in one of 'em down Wappin' way as guv a song called, 'Tap me on the shoulder, Bill. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He sowed different seeds from the same machine, and arranged that they might be covered at different depths. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The raw cotton was put in a hopper, where it was met by the teeth of the saws, and torn from the seeds. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We cannot tell what seeds of the future may not be germinating already amidst our present confusions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When I saw the great size of the seeds of that fine water-lily, the Nelumbium, and remembered Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But in some of these plants the seeds also differ in shape and sculpture. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The store of nutriment laid up within the seeds of many plants seems at first sight to have no sort of relation to other plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Habit is hereditary with plants, as in the period of flowering, in the time of sleep, in the amount of rain requisite for seeds to germinate, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- A powerful steam traction engine of fifty horse power hauls across the field a planting combination of sixteen ten-inch plows, four six-foot harrows and a seeding drill in the rear. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The reptile is on all fours with the seeding plant in its freedom from the necessity to pass any stage of its life cycle in water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Washington and others in America had also commenced to invent and experiment with seeding machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is true that, as in the case of the ploughs, attempts had been made through the centuries to invent and improve seeding implements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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