Overview of noun seed

The noun seed has 5 senses

• seed -- (a small hard fruit)


• seed -- (a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa)


• seeded player, seed -- (one of the outstanding players in a tournament)


• source, seed, germ -- (anything that provides inspiration for later work)


• semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come -- (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)

Overview of verb seed

The verb seed has 8 senses

• seed -- (go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed")


• seed -- (help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money)


• seed -- (bear seeds)


• sow, seed -- (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds")


• seed -- (distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds)


• seed -- (sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds")


• seed -- (inoculate with microorganisms)


• seed -- (remove the seeds from; "seed grapes")