Terms vs Seedeth - What's the difference?
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(seed)
(senseid)(countable) A fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant.
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, title= (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 competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
# Initialization state of a . (seed number)
# Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
Offspring, descendants, progeny.
* 1590 , , II.x:
Race; generation; birth.
* Waller
To plant or sow an area with seeds.
To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
* Ben Jonson
To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
(sports, games) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
To be able to compete (especially in a quarter-final/semi-final/final).
To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
As a noun terms
is .As a verb seedeth is
(seed).seedeth
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Verb
(head)seed
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Noun
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- The team with the best regular season record receives the top seed in the conference tournament.
- The rookie was a surprising top seed .
- If you use the same seed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
- The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
- the seed of Abraham
- 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
- 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 seedVerb
(en verb)- I seeded my lawn with bluegrass.
- a sable mantle seeded with waking eyes
- 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.
- The tennis player seeded into the quarters.