seed English
Noun
( wikipedia seed)
(senseid)(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
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(countable, botany) A fertilized ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
(uncountable) An amount of fertilized grain that cannot be readily counted.
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(uncountable) Semen.
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(countable) A precursor.
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(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.
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shoot English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) shoten, from (etyl) .
Verb
To launch a projectile.
# (label) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
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# (label) To fire (a projectile).
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.
# (label) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
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# (label) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
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# (label) To ejaculate.
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# To begin to speak.
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# (label) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
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# To dismiss or do away with.
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# To photograph.
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To move or act quickly or suddenly.
# (label) To move very quickly and suddenly.
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#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
- There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
#* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII
- It didn't take me long to get there. I shot past the head at a ripping rate, the current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.
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, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges
# To go over or pass quickly through.
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#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
- Sheshoots the Stygian sound.
# (label) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
# (label) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
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#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- Thy words shoot through my heart.
# To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
#* (George Herbert) (1593-1633)
- These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache.
# (label) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
- If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.
# To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
#* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)
- an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle
#* (1800-1859)
- a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores
# To send to someone.
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(label) To act or achieve.
# (label) To lunge.
# (label) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
# To make the stated score.
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(label) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
To develop, move forward.
# To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
- Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
- But the wild olive shoots , and shades the ungrateful plain.
# To grow; to advance.
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#* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
- Well shot in years he seemed.
#* (1700-1748)
- Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, / To teach the young idea how to shoot .
# (label) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
# To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out .
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#* Bible, (Psalms) xxii. 7
- They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
- Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
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* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
- There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
(label) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
* (Joseph Moxon) (1627-1691)
- two pieces of wood that are shot , that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.(w)
* (1809-1892)
- The tangled water courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
Derived terms
* like shooting fish in a barrel
* re-shoot
* shoot down
* shooter
* shoot from the hip
* shoot from the lip
* shoot one's bolt
* shoot oneself in the foot
* shoot one's mouth off
* shoot one's wad
* shoot the boots
* shoot the bull
* shoot the messenger
* shoot up
Noun
( en noun)
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
* Evelyn
- Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.
A photography session.
A hunt or shooting competition.
(professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
* Francis Bacon
- The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot .
* Drayton
- One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
A rush of water; a rapid.
(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
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(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
A shoat; a young pig.
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
( Webster 1913)
Derived terms
* (hunt or shooting competition) turkey shoot
Etymology 2
minced oath for (shit)
Interjection
( en interjection)
- Didn't you have a concert tonight?
- Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...
Synonyms
* (mild expletive) darn, dash, fiddlesticks, shucks
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