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seed
 
Noun seed has 5 senses
  1. seed - a small hard fruit
    --1 is a kind of     fruit
    --1 has parts: kernel, meat
    --1 has particulars:
     edible seed; coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee; pip; bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed; Job's tears; oilseed; safflower seed; grain, caryopsis; ash-key; coquilla nut; babassu nut; cohune nut; ivory nut, vegetable ivory, apple nut; neem seed; buckeye, horse chestnut, conker; jumping bean, jumping seed, Mexican jumping bean; bean; nut
    Derived forms: verb seed8, verb seed4, verb seed3
  2. seed - a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
    --2 is a kind of     ovule
    --2 has parts:
     testa, episperm, seed coat; endosperm; pericarp, seed vessel
    Derived forms: verb seed4, verb seed3, verb seed1
  3. seeded player, seed - one of the outstanding players in a tournament
    --3 is a kind of player, participant
    Derived form: verb seed5
  4. source, seed, germ - anything that provides inspiration for later work
    --4 is a kind of inspiration
    --4 has particulars: taproot; muse
  5. semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
    --5 is a kind of liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
    --5 has parts: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan
    --5 has particulars: milt
Verb seed has 8 senses
  1. seed - go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
    --1 is one way to     spill, shed, disgorge
    Derived form: noun seed2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. seed - help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
    --2 is one way to     finance
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. seed - bear seeds
    --3 is one way to     bear, turn out
    Derived forms: noun seed2, noun seed1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. sow, sough, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
    --4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Derived forms: noun seed2, noun seed1, noun seeder2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
    --5 is one way to     rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
    Derived form: noun seed3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  6. seed - sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"
    --6 is one way to     process, treat
    Derived form: noun seeder1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. seed - inoculate with microorganisms
    --7 is one way to     inoculate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
    --8 is one way to     remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived forms: noun seed1, noun seeder3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
see r see red see st see the light see through see to see to it seeable seed seed beetle seed cake seed catalog seed catalogue seed coat seed corn seed cover seed covering

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