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Seed vs Keed - What's the difference?

seed | keed |

As nouns the difference between seed and keed

is that seed is (senseid)(countable) a fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant while keed is (eye dialect) kid.

As a verb seed

is to plant or sow an area with seeds.

seed

English

Noun

(wikipedia seed)
  • (senseid)(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • (countable, botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  • (uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
  • (uncountable) Semen.
  • (countable) A precursor.
  • (countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
  • # The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
  • The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
  • # The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
  • The rookie was a surprising top seed .
  • # Initialization state of a . (seed number)
  • If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
  • # Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
  • The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
  • Offspring, descendants, progeny.
    • the seed of Abraham
  • * 1590 , , II.x:
    • Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raind, / But had no issue male him to succeed, / But three faire daughters, which were well vptraind, / In all that seemed fit for kingly seed
  • Race; generation; birth.
  • * Waller
    • Of mortal seed they were not held.

    Usage notes

    The common use of seed differs from the botanical use. The “seeds” of sunflowers are botanically fruits.

    Derived terms

    * crack seed * go to seed * seedcake * seedling * seed potato * seedy * spill one's seed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To plant or sow an area with seeds.
    • I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
  • To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • a sable mantle seeded with waking eyes
  • To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
    • A venture capitalist seeds young companies.
    The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.
    The programmer seeded fresh, uncorrupted data into the database before running unit tests.
  • (sports, games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
  • To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
    • The tennis player seeded into the quarters.
  • To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.

    • Anagrams

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    keed

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (eye dialect) Kid.
  • * 1968 (2014), Robert Sheckley, Dimension of Miracles
    • I’m still with you, keed
  • * 2005 , Bert Randolph Sugar, Boxing's Greatest Fighters , Globe Pequot (ISBN 9781592286324), page 134
    • Gutierrez and the boy, then known to Gutierrez as "The Keed'" and to his street friends as Eligio Sardinias, formed an alliance, one destined to make "The ' Keed " el campeon.
  • * 2008 , Josefina Niggli, Mexican Village and Other Works , Northwestern University Press (ISBN 9780810123403), page 512
    • Hello, keed !” Bob put his hand over his ear to shut out the sound. That distant woman&
  • 39;s voice was claiming his entire attention. Joaquín grinned in sympathy and strolled toward the window. “Silence, little ones,” he said reprovingly, “or I will call ...
  • * 2010 , Lawrence Block, No Score , Open Road Media (ISBN 9781453208663)
    • And have the money in my pocket before that kike changes his sonofabitching mind. You want to get ready, keed ?” “Me?” “He means me,” Aileen said. “My prize model.” I said, “No kidding? You do the modeling?” “That&
  • 39;s how I found her, keed.
  • * 2012 , Ann Lacy, Anne Valley Fox, Stories from Hispano New Mexico: A New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book , Sunstone Press (ISBN 9780865348851), page 215
    • Mr. Garcia asked me again, “What&
  • 39;s new? You bring me those history books of Billy the Keed ?” I showed him the picture of Pat Garrett who shot Billy the Kid.